Bobby Robson Quotes & Sayings

If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won't lay
any eggs in the basket — Bobby Robson

Don't count your eggs until the chicken's laid them. — Bobby Robson

The first ninety minutes are the most important. — Bobby Robson

Players only understand substitutions when they become managers. — Bobby Robson

The margin is very marginal. — Bobby Robson

Don't ask me what a typical Brazilian is because I don't know what a typical Brazilian is. But Romario was a typical Brazilian. — Bobby Robson

Well we got nine and you can't score more than that — Bobby Robson

There is only one word to describe football and that is 'if only'. — Bobby Robson

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. — Bobby Robson

We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head? — Bobby Robson

The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important. — Bobby Robson

There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose. — Bobby Robson

The first 90 minutes of the match are the most important. — Bobby Robson

Football's like a big market place and people go to the market every day to buy their vegetables. — Bobby Robson

Jermaine Jenas is a fit lad. He gets from box to box in all of 90
minutes — Bobby Robson

Ray Wilkins' day will come one night — Bobby Robson

Home advantage gives you an advantage. — Bobby Robson

Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result. — Bobby Robson

We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level. — Bobby Robson

I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist. — Bobby Robson

It would have been nice if both players had maybe shaken hands with each other — Bobby Robson

We've got nothing to lose, and there's no point losing this game — Bobby Robson

We haven't scored which means you haven't got a chance of winning. — Bobby Robson

Titus looks like Tyson when he strips off in the dressing-room, except he doesn't bite and has a great tackle. — Bobby Robson

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

If you count your chickens before theyve hatched, they wont lay an egg. — Bobby Robson

He's the only man I know who could start an argument with himself.
(on Craig Bellamy) — Bobby Robson

Practice makes permanent. — Bobby Robson

If you don't score you are not going to win a match. — Bobby Robson

I do want to play the short ball and I do want to play the long ball.
I think long and short balls is what football is all about — Bobby Robson

He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him. — Bobby Robson

We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought. — Bobby Robson