Alan Hansen Quotes
"I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: World)
"When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that's a fantasy."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Fantasy)
"What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch."
- Alan Hansen
"We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half good and then you go and play against a side like that!"
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Education, Play)
"These guys live and breathe football; they get something out of going to the training ground every day."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Day, Football, Training)
"The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Needs, World)
"The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Success, Failure)
"The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are."
- Alan Hansen
"The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!"
- Alan Hansen
(Related: World)
"Potentially he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Goal, France, Years)
"In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Brazil, Defense, World)
"I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: People, Ambition, Talk, Talking)
"I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Fans, Football, Philosophy, Will)
"I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: People)
"I don't expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in previous seasons, I think Manchester City are the biggest club."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Seasons)
"He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Worry)
"Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Brazil, Want)
"Even though they won't finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Will)
"It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Perception, Ambition, Fans, Public)
"I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent."
- Alan Hansen
(Related: Money, Reality)