David Pleat Quotes

#1. A game is not won until it is lost.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#8. Preki quite literally only has the one foot

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#9. 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.

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#10. I was inbred into the game by my father

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#11. The zip on the pitch is very zippy

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#12. 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.

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#13. Winning isn't the end of the world

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#14. I'm not too sure how much you get for winning the Champion's League, but it's definitely 10 million euros.

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#15. Ronaldo has been compared to the incomparable George Best

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#16. Sammy Lee is another inbred player

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

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#18. He is an interesting player - short back legs.

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

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

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#21. Pires has got something about him, he can go both ways depending on who's facing him

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

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