Bruce Grobbelaar Quotes

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Bruce Grobbelaar

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 6, 1957

Jurgen Klopp is Shankly reincarnated in a German body, because he gets the people.

Bruce Grobbelaar

If Alisson stays at Liverpool long enough he could break all the records that myself and Ray Clemence achieved.

Bruce Grobbelaar

Looking back and knowing what I do, I believe the people who started the initial surge at Heysel were not Liverpool fans.

Bruce Grobbelaar

We were taught in school that there was a fundamental difference between black people and white people - that we were superior.

Bruce Grobbelaar

Liverpool is a family, it is not a club, you don't come in and out of this club without it leaving a mark.

Bruce Grobbelaar

There was a tradition of keepers at Anfield to play as a sweeper, going back to Tommy Lawrence under Bill Shankly.

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Jurgen Klopp was very astute in seeing Keita's ability and potential to develop.

Bruce Grobbelaar

Roma must have been mad to sell Mo Salah. Either that or they really needed the money.

Bruce Grobbelaar

If you can make the players better, that's what I'm about.

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I had to learn some hard lessons in my early days because I was a bit of a showman, a kind of Jekyl and Hyde character.

Bruce Grobbelaar

Going through my time as a coach in Zimbabwe and in South Africa, I know for a fact if there is anything dodgy in a game, look at the three people in black. They are the catalyst.

Bruce Grobbelaar

When Jurgen Klopp came to Liverpool I was ecstatic. I knew his pedigree and what he did at Borussia Dortmund. What a job he did there.

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People think that because I was at Liverpool for such a long time - in a period where the club was very successful - that it was bliss all the way.

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Since myself and a few others like Pepe Reina, we haven't had a goalkeeper who has commanded his area as well as Alisson.

Bruce Grobbelaar

When I used to play, the manager would tell us that you are as good as your last performance. That made all the players more hungry to finish strong.

Bruce Grobbelaar

I'm in the gym every morning.

Bruce Grobbelaar

On the European nights, the corporate fans from overseas can't get tickets. It's mainly local fans. That's why the atmosphere is so great and the passion is so strong.

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I broke Steve McMahon's nose twice in one night.

Bruce Grobbelaar

If you're going to do a spaghetti legs routine where else but in Rome to do it. The home of spaghetti!

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I enjoyed 13 successful seasons at Anfield, becoming the most decorated goalkeeper in league history. But I believe the match-fixing scandal arose because the press did not like this person they perceived as arrogant and who had a reputation for clowning around in games. Goalkeepers aren't supposed to do that.

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