Author: Bobby Robson

Practice makes permanent.

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Everyone’s got tough games coming up. Manchester United have got Arsenal, Arsenal have got Manchester United and Leeds have got Leeds.

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Steve Hodge has been unfit for two weeks, well, no, for 14 days.

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He’s very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.

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People want success. It's like coffee, they want instant.

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Both teams – and Brazil even – got better.

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When he was dribbling, he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.

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He’s the only man I know who could start an argument with himself.

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We’ve got great speed in the team, not just Gary Speed, but great speed!

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We’re flying on the Concorde; that’ll shorten the distance — that’s self-explanatory.

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I said to the lads at halftime, I said, there was nothing to say.

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I do want to play the long ball and I do not want to play the short ball. I think long and short balls is what football is all about.

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I’m not going to look beyond the semi-final – but I would love to lead Newcastle out at the final.

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Sir Bobby to Bryan Robson: Good morning, Bobby.

Bryan: You’re Bobby, I’m Bryan!

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We don’t have to play them every week, although we do play them next week.

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The margin is very marginal.

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Eighteen months ago they (Sweden) were arguably one of the best three teams in Europe, and that would include Germany, Holland, Russia and anybody else if you like.

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Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.

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He never fails to hit the target… but that was a miss.

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Maybe not goodbye, but farewell…

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Until we’re out of the Champions’ League we’re still in it.

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