Sports Quotes of the Year: Hard men, hard battles: Verbal volleys, wars of words
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Your support makes all the difference.It was the most horrific sight I've seen in 18 years of football. You couldn't tell it was Gary lying there. His eye was twice the size of a golf ball. Micky Hazard, the Spurs midfielder, on the injury to Gary Mabbutt caused by John Fashanu's elbow.
We're professional sportsmen in a professional sport. These things happen. Mabbutt.
I find it difficult to understand why forwards do not know they are treading on someone's head. But if players are trying to kill the ball they can expect a bit of a reminder, a bit of a shoeing. Geoff Cooke, England manager, on the injury Phil de Glanville sustained against the All Blacks.
When I saw my shoulder was somewhere down by my biceps, I knew something was wrong. Ian Hunter on the dislocated shoulder which forced him to return from the Lions' New Zealand tour.
I never thought of taking him off, even with a broken nose. They're nothing. I tried to get one throughout my career because it adds character to your face. George Graham, Arsenal manager, on Andy Linighan, whose goal won his side the FA Cup.
I don't know whether my nose is broken or not, but I've also done my finger so I won't be picking it for a while. Linighan.
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