Brian Clough was an English football player and manager. He is most famous for his time managing Derby County and Nottingham Forest, the latter of which he led to two European Cup victories in 1979 and 1980. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest English football managers of all time. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Brian Clough on paper, trevor francis, being right.
I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.
We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass.
If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well.
Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes.
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.
On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.
Saturday comes again, welcome or not, it comes again like it always does, welcome or not, wanted or not, another judgment day - The chance to be saved, the chance to be damned.
I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud.
Anybody who can do anything in Leicester but make a jumper has got to be a genius.
Brian Clough inspirational quote
Brian Clough Image Quotes
We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass. — Brian Clough
Brian Clough Short Quotes
They love me for what I'm not They hate me for what I am.
There are more hooligans in the House of Commons than at a football match.
When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.
You don't want roast beef and Yorkshire every night and twice on Sunday.
Resignations are for Prime Ministers and those caught with their trousers down, not for me.
The ugliest player I ever signed was Kenny Burns.
The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
If God had wanted us to play football in the sky, He'd have put grass up there.
I'm dealing with my drinking problem and I have a reputation for getting things done.
When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.
Brian Clough Quotes About Being Right
I gave my players a version of the same message at ten-to-three every Saturday: 'I would shoot my granny right now for three points this afternoon.' They knew how important it was to give everything in the cause of victory. Every time. That's why my granny enjoyed more lives than my cat. — Brian Clough
Walk on water? I know most people out there will be saying that instead of walking on it, I should have taken more of it with my drinks. They are absolutely right. — Brian Clough
If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right! — Brian Clough
Brian Clough Quotes About Manager
Acne is a bigger problem than injuries. — Brian Clough
If he'd been English or Swedish, he'd have walked the England job. — Brian Clough
Telling the entire world and his dog how good a manager I was. I knew I was the best but I should have said nowt and kept the pressure off 'cos they'd have worked it out for themselves. — Brian Clough
Brian Clough Quotes About Wife
Beckham? His wife can't sing and his barber can't cut hair. — Brian Clough
Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he's brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses. — Brian Clough
My wife says OBE stands for Old Big 'Ead. — Brian Clough
We used to go to the pictures every Saturday night but we had to leave a little bit early and get home and watch Match of the Day - and my wife still complains she missed the last five minutes of every film we saw. — Brian Clough
Brian Clough Famous Quotes And Sayings
We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass. — Brian Clough
For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn't got two of what I've got. And I don't mean balls! — Brian Clough
Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life. — Brian Clough
Bill eventually became Mr Tottenham Hotspur, and produced such a dazzling team at White Hart Lane that they won the double and played the game in a way that was an object lesson to everybody. — Brian Clough
I can't even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball - he might grab mine. — Brian Clough
That Seaman is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror rather than at the ball. You can't keep goal with hair like that. — Brian Clough
I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me. — Brian Clough
It only takes a second to score a goal. — Brian Clough
Come and see my coaching certificates - they're called the European Cup and league championships. — Brian Clough
If any one of my players isn’t interfering with play, they’re not getting paid. — Brian Clough
I'm sure the England selectors thought if they took me on and gave me the job, I'd want to run the show. They were shrewd, because that's exactly what I would have done. — Brian Clough
I've decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully - in about 200 years time. — Brian Clough
If a player is not interfering with play then he shouldn't be on the pitch. — Brian Clough
Life Lessons by Brian Clough
Brian Clough's career demonstrates the importance of having a clear vision and never giving up - even in the face of adversity.
He also showed that hard work and dedication can pay off, as he achieved success despite not having the most natural talent.
Finally, Clough's example also highlights the importance of teamwork and collaboration in order to achieve success.
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