Gordon Taylor famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

People will look at Bowyer and Woodgate and say 'Well, there's no mud without flames'.
-- Gordon Taylor

#Football #Flames #People
Nobody could say it is not gross misconduct to fight on the pitch with team-mates and get yourself sent off.
-- Gordon Taylor

#Team #Fighting #Mates
Footballers are kept in such a bubble that horse racing is a release.
-- Gordon Taylor

#Horse #Racing #Release
Every person has got the right to speak in public so long as it is their own point of view and it does not reflect badly on their employers, the game or other personalities in the game.
-- Gordon Taylor

#Views #Games #Long
Football has to work really hard to put a smile on peoples face and not to be so focused on the question of money. Everything is in danger of losing its soul if youre always going to sell out to the highest bidder.
-- Gordon Taylor

#Football #Soul #Faces
Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; its such a big gambling industry, and there are problems with syndicates in other countries.
-- Gordon Taylor

#Sports #Country #Gambling
I know so many players who say they wouldnt entertain coaching, until they retire that is, and then they want to take their coaching badges. I suspect this might happen with David Beckham.
-- Gordon Taylor

#Player #Coaching #Want

There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the job of England manager puts you outside the protection of the courts. It must be part of the job description that you will be held hostage by media speculation and can have your character tortured, molested and finally executed at the public whim, in exchange for a lifetime's supply of money.
I love our fans. Our fans are so supportive. It's been incredible to end four playoff games with 'Go Pack Go.' It's great at home, they travel well, it's on a first-name basis. It's a special play to play and all of us are blessed to play in Green Bay, and hopefully we will be repaying those fans with the Lombardi trophy.
I'm not good for you. I don't know why you make me want you so bad. I was angry with myself when I said all that earlier. I was mad because I wanted you in a way I'd never experienced before. Before you, I just wanted to excel in football and school. I wanted my parents to be proud of me. But now, I want other things too. You get to me in a way I don't understand
We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
The Middle East is literally going up in flames, as is California, and Katrina's problems haven't been solved, and Congress' response is to criticize Federal judges.
Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.
God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.
Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.
People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.

Gordon Taylor famous quotes

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