Brian Clough

Footballer

1935-03-21 – 2004-09-20

English football player and manager widely regarded as one of the most influential managers in English football history. He is best known for managing Derby County and Nottingham Forest. His leadership and style left a lasting legacy in the sport.

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Quotes by Brian Clough

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.
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My early memories are full of football talk around the house, of Dad standing on the terraces at Ayresome Park, of the occasional precious new pair of boots.
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They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.
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Academically, I was thick. School wasn't bad, but I was.
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I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.
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My values stemmed from the family. Anything I have achieved in life has been rooted in my upbringing.
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The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
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Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.
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Believe it or not, cricket was my first love. I would genuinely have swapped the dream of a winning goal at Wembley for a century against the Australians at Lord's.
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That Seaman is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror rather than at the ball. You can't keep goal with hair like that.
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What joy and adventure the youngsters of today are missing as they sit indoors mucking about with computer games and videos!
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