Rehhagel Quotes

#1. Greece won the 2004 European Championship with the oldest trick in the book: man-for-man marking. Why? Because nobody expected it - and by the time they knew what Otto Rehhagel's team were about, it was too late. Great football is like great comedy in that way. It is all in the timing.

Martin Samuel

#2. Blindness is not so much a tragedy as it is a damn nuisance.

Sonora Carver

#3. The two pioneering forces of modern sensibility are Jewish moral seriousness and homosexual aestheticism and irony.

Susan Sontag

#4. But this was one contest he would not win. For I had painted my heart into that picture, and I would not let him have it.

Julianne Donaldson

#5. Every match in the Euro is a dance on a razor's edge.

Otto Rehhagel

#6. Though I normally approve of plain speaking, as you know, I would suggest that as part of your good behavior, you refer to the king as 'his grace' or even simply 'the king' instead of 'that creature,' by the way.

Susan Higginbotham

#7. I would honestly be elated if I could wave a magic wand and eradicate my back catalog and then have a fresh crack at some of those ideas.

Adrian Tomine

#8. A football team is really a big family. There's a give and take ... but a few are working for their name only. They go the whole week trying to figure out who said something, what they said and where it happened instead of showing that they're big men.

Otto Rehhagel

#9. You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress.

Warren Buffett

#10. When I arrived the players were talented, but did not obey the rules ... Once they understood what they needed to, they could express themselves.

Otto Rehhagel

#11. Most businesses would profit greatly from just applying Change Management 101 well.

Paul Gibbons

#12. I decided not to answer on the grounds that I might piss someone off.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#13. Life is a gift, so open it every day and enjoy the delight of opening.

Debasish Mridha

#14. There are no right or wrong, or fair results. There's just the final score.

Otto Rehhagel

#15. Sometimes, you lose (a game) and sometimes the other team wins.

Otto Rehhagel

#16. All those night long phone calls! All those secret visits to my house! All those secret walks! And you're fond of me! You think I'm being over dramatic! How about I break your face open for over dramatics!" ~Becca

Annabell Cadiz

#17. We bought good footballers. But many haven't got it, that football is a running and fighting sport. Against Bayern every team outdoes itself. And we do too little to counter that ... We need a couple of attack dogs. Sometimes I sit on the bench and think, 'Man, is this a friendly match?'

Otto Rehhagel

#18. Nothing is more important than saving ... the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans.

James Lee

#19. Other than my Instagram - very recently - I'm not out there. I'm not in the papers every week, I've managed to curb all that. I've never turned up at a party just to be snapped. It's not my kind of thing.

Dizzee Rascal

#20. It is great that soccer can unite people for one day. It is something politics has often tried, and we were able to do it today. All people became brothers.

Otto Rehhagel

#21. It is safe to be me. I love life. I am always safe and secure. I move forward in life with joy and ease. All is well in my world.

Louise Hay