Sol Campbell Quotes

Sol Campbell

Profession : Businessman

Birth : September 18, 1974

I like building teams and I want to run my own show, in the nicest possible way, to see how far I can go, starting with getting Macclesfield further up the table.

Sol Campbell

My wife's family kept inviting me to shoot and I just didn't want to go, but since retiring from football I've had more time and I thought... let's get all the kit and practice.

Sol Campbell

I have all sorts of country clothing because we live in Northumberland as well as London. You need good quality gear.

Sol Campbell

I became insular because at home there was no space to grow or to evolve, everything was tight and there was no room to breathe. People don't realise how that affects you as a kid. I wasn't allowed to speak, so my expression was football.

Sol Campbell

Sometimes I am the 'philosophical professor, or I can do the voice like thunder if necessary... or if I want to keep the lads on their toes I might sit back and give them a thousand-yard stare.

Sol Campbell

I don't want to be pigeon-holed as a firefighter.

Sol Campbell

Every case is different, but what I want to do first and foremost at Southend is to get the players up to speed.

Sol Campbell

We all like a party but when that 'becomes the main feature of your lifestyle as a footballer, I haven't got time for that.

Sol Campbell

I don't rely on off-shore tax havens, and I don't want to invest in stocks and shares as we have seen how volatile that game has been since the financial crash.

Sol Campbell

The only pictures you saw of me when I was playing, I was crashing into a centre forward! Or running down a line to save my team. I'm not gonna be happy, be smiling.

Sol Campbell

I don't want to be the same person I was on the pitch. I was an angry man, focused, wanted to win... Generally, now, I'm a happy guy.

Sol Campbell

Yes, I was a footballer, but there's more to me than meets the eye. I've got more levels. So many levels. I'm not going away - and I'm going to keep on talking until things start changing.

Sol Campbell

I don't want to sit by the edge, like some other guys who have played their game. Earned money, have nice lifestyles, and don't say anything.

Sol Campbell

I believe if I was white I would've been England captain for more than 10 years.

Sol Campbell

I think the FA wished I was white. I had the credibility, performance-wise, to be captain. I was consistently in the heart of the defence and I was a club captain early on my career.

Sol Campbell

Michael Owen was made a captain ahead of me.

Sol Campbell

It's all right to have black captains and mixed-race in the under-18s and under-21s, but not for the full national side. There is a ceiling and although no one has ever said it, I believe it's made of glass.

Sol Campbell

Coaching is definitely different. I've got the knowledge but it's about communicating that to others in a manner they can understand. There's an art to that and the more you practise, the better you get.

Sol Campbell

As a player I was taught the importance of working four or five passes within your team and then stretching the play. That's something I believe in strongly as a coach.

Sol Campbell

I've always felt wingers, more than any type of player, can change a game.

Sol Campbell