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Every once in a while, one manages to trawl through the trash of the Internet and find something worthwhile to appreciate or laugh about.
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From 'The Sun':

Football's Best Ever Quotes

“I couldn’t settle in Italy – it was like living in a foreign country.”
Ian Rush reveals the reason behind his failure at Juventus

“I’d like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona.”
Ex-Aston Villa midfielder Mark Draper

“The important thing was we got the three points.”
Chelsea left-back Wayne Bridge after the Carling Cup Final win over Arsenal this year

“I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”
George Best

“I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Saturday when it flashed on the screen that George Ndah had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.”
Ade Akinbiyi struggles with the concept of live football

“Germany are a very difficult team to play — they had 11 internationals out there today.”
Northern Ireland midfielder Steve Lomas reveals how Germany beat them in 1999

“We didn't underestimate them. They were a lot better than we thought.”
Boss Bobby Robson after England nearly lost to Cameroon in the 1990 World Cup

“They're the second-best team in the world and there's no higher praise than that.”
Kevin Keegan on Argentina

“What I said to them at half-time would be unprintable on the radio.”
Ex-Spurs boss Gerry Francis

“Samassi Abou don't speak the English too good.”
Harry Redknapp on his old West Ham striker

“When a player gets to 30, so does his body.”
Ex-England boss Glenn Hoddle on the fitness problems of older players

“I was a young lad when I was growing up.”
Ex-Leeds boss David O’Leary

“Home advantage gives you an advantage.”
Ex-Newcastle boss Bobby Robson

“We must have had 99 per cent of the game. It was the other three per cent that cost us the match.”
Ex-Chelsea boss Ruud Gullit gets his sums wrong

“Paolo di Canio is capable of scoring the goal he scored.”
Bryan Robson praises one of the Italian's strikes

“Very few of us have any idea of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl, except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.”
The wisdom of Graham Taylor knows no bounds

“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.”
Ex-Liverpool manager Bill Shankly

. Arigato .