David Pleat Quotes

I've seen some players with very big feet, and some with very small feet

A game is not won until it is lost.

There's always been a fierce rivalry between Spurs and Tottenham.

I was inbred into the game by my father

The zip on the pitch is very zippy

We are now in the middle of the centre of the first half.

I've enjoyed my time in the game, whether it be managing Luton in the top flight, taking Spurs to Wembley or, as director of football, pinpointing players such as Jermain Defoe, Paul Robinson and Robbie Keane with real sell-on value.

There's too much - I don't know what the word is - scientology in the game.

Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some - or occasionally lose.

Sammy Lee is another inbred player

He's had a lovely career for the talent he's got.

Preki quite literally only has the one foot

You know sometimes football turns on the slightest biscuit of good fortune.

Of course, Steven Gerrard is one of only a few Liverpool players who never get left out by Rafa; and even he doesn't always get picked.

I feel like a drunken man who doesn't have a drink.

When you've got a mountain to climb you may as well throw everything into the kitchen sink.

For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls

He is an interesting player - short back legs.