I had been working on some mechanical issues before I got called up. When I got called up I was focused on trying to be mechanically correct instead of enjoying the moment and competing like I had always done which is probably the main reason to why I wasn't very successful in my first start.

Graham Taylor

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Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl,except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.

life-is-like soccer ideas

Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.

roots football thinking

If it stays as it is I can't see it altering. by Graham Taylor

If it stays as it is I can't see it altering.

i-can ifs football

To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hop... by Graham Taylor

To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.

bars body heart

The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked - is that so many people are in football for the wrong reasons. Not because they love the game, but because they smell money.

smell games football

Napoleon wanted his generals to be lucky. I don't think he would... by Graham Taylor

Napoleon wanted his generals to be lucky. I don't think he would have worked with me.

lucky luck thinking

Very few great goals actually go in. by Graham Taylor

Very few great goals actually go in.

goal football

It was nothing personal: if it had been, I would have left him on so he could have suffered like everyone else.

chairman football soccer

Carlos Tevez's English should be better than what it is by Graham Taylor

Carlos Tevez's English should be better than what it is

should

Agents do nothing for the good of football. I'd like to see them lined up against a wall and machine-gunned ?some accountants and solicitors with them.

machines wall football

In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.

player games football

Footballers are no different from human beings. by Graham Taylor

Footballers are no different from human beings.

different humans football

The ambition of an England manager should be to become England ma... by Graham Taylor

The ambition of an England manager should be to become England manager.

england ambition should

It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result. by Graham Taylor

It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.

results soccer way

There's a famous saying: "If you pass the square ball in your own defensive third it must not be intercepted."

balls squares football

Is he ever going to learn? by Graham Taylor

Is he ever going to learn?

player football soccer

As a freshman at Miami I started of as a reliever for the first few games and quickly moved into the rotation as the Saturday started for conference play. That year was very successful, I was name a Freshman All-American as well as 2nd Team All-MAC.

team successful names

I started playing well and felt comfortable. That season a set a Jamestown record of consecutive innings pitched with out a walk. (40 2\3 innings, i think) and was named Jamestown Pitcher of the Year.

jamestown years thinking

In football, time and space are the same thing. by Graham Taylor

In football, time and space are the same thing.

time-and-space space football

My favorite team growing up was the Cincinnati Reds. Living within 10 minutes of the ball park I went to as many games as possible growing up as long as they didn't conflict with my baseball schedule.

growing-up team baseball