Alan Hansen quotes

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more. (Alan Hansen)
The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are. View quote
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He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing. View quote
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I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup. View quote
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I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent. View quote
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In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense. View quote
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The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it! View quote
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I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go. View quote
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The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team. View quote
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Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again. View quote
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I think there's a lot of coloured players in all the major teams and there are lots of coloured players who are probably the best in the Premier League. If you look at 25 or 30 years ago it was probably in a bad way – not as bad as some of the other nations on the Continent – but certainly there is always, always room for improvement. (Alan Hansen)
It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be. View quote
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I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I'd played golf I would have been skint. View quote
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Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong. View quote
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I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh. View quote
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These guys live and breathe football; they get something out of going to the training ground every day. View quote
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Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out. View quote
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I don't expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in previous seasons, I think Manchester City are the biggest club. View quote
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Even though they won't finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season. View quote
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I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it. View quote
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I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious. (Alan Hansen)
Potentially he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary. View quote
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We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half good and then you go and play against a side like that! View quote
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What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch. View quote
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When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that's a fantasy. View quote
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