Robbie Savage Quotes

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Robbie Savage

Profession : Footballer

Birth : October 18, 1974

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Robbie Savage

People say I'm attention seeking by coming off the Twitter, but that's not the case. If I wanted to attention seek I could drive my Lamborghini to the Trafford Centre in my underpants.

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When my business partner Rob Smethurst rang me up and said he wanted to rebuild the club as Macclesfield FC, and to bring me on board as his director of football operations, I thought he was mad.

Robbie Savage

I've only had to choose between family and career once before, when Vancouver Whitecaps wanted to sign me. I didn't want to take my kids out of school so I didn't go.

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If I ran the show at Manchester United, I would be making a big effort to keep Paul Pogba.

Robbie Savage

Everybody sees the person on the football field and has a perception of him, but in the media or on Twitter it's just me being myself. I'm an honest, hard-working guy who likes a laugh.

Robbie Savage

No other industry appears to reward failure more than football's managerial merry-go-round.

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Listen, the way I am, I'm never going to please everyone. But I wouldn't change a thing. There are ups and downs. But overall life is great. I love being Robbie Savage.

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You know the madness of the English football season has kicked in when a fan rings up 606 and says Arsenal will win the title.

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The good thing about being a pundit now is you have ex-footballers together and there's good banter. That's what it was like in the dressing room every day.

Robbie Savage

I've always liked the abuse on the football field. It inspires me, makes me feel better, I thrive on it.

Robbie Savage

Some of the things I've done, like getting Justin Edinburgh sent off in the cup final by going down, I'm embarrassed - I cringe when I see all that.

Robbie Savage

What you don't realise when you get injured for a long period of time is that it's so hard to get back. You see the lads out on the training ground and you're in every day - 8 to 5 - and it's horrendous. So when you actually come back it's a proud moment.

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When I see Wales qualifying for the Euros and Leicester top of the league, I wish I was still playing.

Robbie Savage

To be given the opportunity to talk football with the best players. I'm a fan, so even when we're not on air, we're still talking about football. I love it.

Robbie Savage

I didn't make it at Manchester United because I had no choice, I wasn't good enough, but I was lucky enough to go elsewhere and have a career.

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I don't expect people to agree with me and if everybody did I wouldn't be doing my job.

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Yeah I've got a mouth on me, but what I do is I give it as I see it.

Robbie Savage

But one thing I do is I know my football. I watch leagues from all over the world, I do my homework and I love football and could talk to you all day about it.

Robbie Savage

I wasn't confident at all as a boy and I'm still not now. I'm one of the shyest people you'll meet. My success at football was down to playing with my brother and his mates in the street.

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