Roy Hodgson Quotes

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Roy Hodgson

Profession : Businessman

Birth : August 9, 1947

I suffer during games. We follow the action, kicking every ball, wondering if our centre-backs can stop the cross... In some ways, you enjoy it, but your heart is always thumping.

Roy Hodgson

It's very flattering that those who have assessed my work over the years think that I have the qualities to be an England manager.

Roy Hodgson

Everywhere I've managed, I've left a platform for my successor to build on, and this is a great satisfaction for me, even if I don't necessarily get the recognition for it.

Roy Hodgson

When you focus the spotlight so much on one person, I think it's very, very dangerous.

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There is so much interaction in a football match: between you and your team-mates and how you support each other, work for each other, make runs. But I also enjoy the other aspect: the pressing and how people work so hard to recover the ball.

Roy Hodgson

I don't like the way I see society going.

Roy Hodgson

I assisted Bobby Houghton at Halmstads, and we were both just under 30. We'd say, 'Wouldn't it be great to do this for maybe 10 years, save a little money, then perhaps start a little business together.' Some sort of travel agency. We had no football thoughts beyond that, other than maybe combining it with a bit of sport, getting a few tours going.

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I've worked for a long time and hope people have developed enough confidence in me that it will remain even in a period when we're not winning many games.

Roy Hodgson

A lot of young coaches who respect the fact I have been doing it a long time, that is often their question: 'Does it get any easier? Can you relax more during the games? Can you take it all a little bit more philosophically and put it more in perspective?' The tragedy is that I have to tell them, 'No. If anything, it gets worse.'

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I try very hard not to look back.

Roy Hodgson

When you have been lucky enough to move up the ladder, all you see, really, is the slide back down. You don't see the further steps upwards.

Roy Hodgson

I think I like the artistry of the game. I still get a lot of pleasure watching the good-quality teams play, where the movements of the players are coordinated. It's almost ballet-like, although 'ballet-like' is a bit of an exaggeration.

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Hindsight does always serve the purpose of putting you in the right, and if you don't have it, you find yourself very often in the wrong.

Roy Hodgson

I am not only privileged to work for the FA and England: I have enjoyed working for the FA and England.

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Fans jump on your bandwagon and desert you when you hit the harder times.

Roy Hodgson

It hasn't always been a Premier League ride for Crystal Palace supporters. They're there to support us through the hard times.

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I think, increasingly, people will define success as staying in the League, being a stable Premier League club that treats its fans to good football every year.

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If success is about winning the league, there will always be 19 disappointed clubs.

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You can't flirt with relegation every year.

Roy Hodgson

A lot of the players who've done so well aren't necessarily the big names: James Tomkins, Luka Milivojevic to name two.

Roy Hodgson