Glenn Hoddle Quotes & Sayings

Football's all about 90 minutes — Glenn Hoddle

You and I have been physically given two hands and two legs and half-decent brains. Some people have not been born like that for a reason. The karma is working from another lifetime. — Glenn Hoddle

75% of what happens to Paul Gascoigne in his life is fiction.. — Glenn Hoddle

It was my proudest moment as a manager when England drew 0-0 with Italy in Rome to qualify for the World Cup finals. Fifteen years later, the stakes are equally high for both countries as they go head-to-head for a semi-final place at the European Championship. — Glenn Hoddle

Michael Owen could be Sir Alex's best ever buy, even though he didn't buy him — Glenn Hoddle

Paul Scholes was the jewel in the crown, the first name on the teamsheet and unquestionably one of the finest England players of the age. He flourished at once in the international arena, which didn't surprise me given his fabulous all-round attributes. He had almost everything - talent, intelligence, courage. His only blemish, which he never really shook off, was his tackling. There was always the chance of that red mist coming down. Overall, though, Paul was a wonderful player and he's a lovely lad, a credit to his club and to himself. — Glenn Hoddle

There was nothing wrong with the performance, apart from throwing away the game. — Glenn Hoddle

You can never compare two players that are different, they're never going to be the same. — Glenn Hoddle

If there is any bad feeling I hope it's against me and not my players - I may put my tin helmet on without them seeing! — Glenn Hoddle

I think in international football you have to be able to handle the ball. — Glenn Hoddle

Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup. — Glenn Hoddle

I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something different. — Glenn Hoddle

I didn't say them things that I said. — Glenn Hoddle

I have been here before as a spirit - this is just my physical body, it is just an overcoat. And at death, you will take the overcoat off. — Glenn Hoddle

When a player gets to 30, so does his body — Glenn Hoddle

As England manager I always felt we needed an extra man in midfield to retain the ball, but that was more as an attacking ploy to help create opportunities. It came from my experience playing international football in a 4-4-2 and spending half my time chasing the ball. — Glenn Hoddle

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses. — Glenn Hoddle

I often felt as a player in a 4-4-2, you end up being outnumbered in midfield and chasing the ball, so as a manager I liked wingbacks to push forward; it gives the midfield player on the ball three or four options. — Glenn Hoddle

The FA Cup is still domestically the best cup in the world. — Glenn Hoddle

No manager in the world gets good results all the time and you know there's people always ready to have a snipe. In fact I'm my own biggest critic, I really am. Because my own standards are so high, I criticise myself behind the scenes more than perhaps I should, according to people who know me well. — Glenn Hoddle

At this moment in time I did not say them things. — Glenn Hoddle

If anyone is found guilty, I will step on them. — Glenn Hoddle

It was a titanic effort. — Glenn Hoddle

I run an academy in Spain for young footballers who are released by their clubs and who, in my opinion, deserve a second chance. It is a rewarding job for me, but one that also reveals many of the faults in the English game. — Glenn Hoddle

United will break caution to the wind — Glenn Hoddle

My saddest decision in football was leaving Paul Gascoigne out of the 1998 World Cup finals. But he wasn't fit enough and once that decision is made, as a manager and a group of players, you forget about who isn't there and focus on the job. — Glenn Hoddle

Tim Sherwood has come in, done very well and given us another string to the bow in a different type of way. — Glenn Hoddle

Nobody criticised me when we qualified for the World Cup when I decided that the best shape for us going forward was three men at the back and stretching the pitch width-wise, which gives you options. — Glenn Hoddle

Chelsea are playing with much more refreshing ness — Glenn Hoddle

If people feel 4-4-2 is the way forward in international football, they'll have to wait until I'm out of a job. — Glenn Hoddle

You have to look at things that happened in your life and ask why. It comes around. — Glenn Hoddle

He was a player that hasn't had to use his legs even when he was nineteen years of age because his first two yards were in his head. — Glenn Hoddle

Everton are now hitting the ropes running. — Glenn Hoddle

There's not much who would have hit him [Fabio Capello] in the eye and made him put his hat on. — Glenn Hoddle

He is a goal scorer, not a natural born one - not yet. That takes time. — Glenn Hoddle

International football is one clog further up the football ladder — Glenn Hoddle

Your chest is different to your head. — Glenn Hoddle

Arsenal haven't won anything for three years, so they're used to success — Glenn Hoddle

I started the 1998 World Cup with Teddy Sheringham up front but always planned for Michael Owen to face Colombia in our final group game because they defended square and a quick striker would be able to exploit the space behind them. — Glenn Hoddle