Tommy Docherty quotes

Tommy Docherty quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“You can keep all your Bests, Peles and Maradonas, Duncan Edwards was the greatest of them all.”
-- Tommy Docherty

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“Players taught to watch the man with the ball leaves them totally unprepared for the next move, which is always dictated by a player without the ball.”
-- Tommy Docherty

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“Somebody compared him to Billy McNeil, but I don't remember Billy being crap.”
-- Tommy Docherty

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“If that lad makes a First Division footballer, then I'm Mao Tse Tung.”
-- Tommy Docherty

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“I've always said there's a place for the press but they haven't dug it yet.”
-- Tommy Docherty

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“There's a hell of a lot of politics in football.”
-- Tommy Docherty

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“Cricket is the only game that you can actually put on weight when playing.”
-- Tommy Docherty

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“Rule #1: The customer is always right. Rule #2: If the customer is wrong, please refer to rule #1. -Duncan Howe”

Source : Harry Gordon Selfridge (2013). “Mr. Selfridge's Romance of Commerce: An Abridged Version of the Classic Text on Business and Life”, p.3, Adams Media
“Duncan became a legend before he became a player at Everton.”
“It's a shame you know," he called over his shoulder. "What's a shame?" Duncan asked. "That I didn't capture her first." Duncan smiled. "Nay, Edmond, it was a blessing. God's truth, I would have taken her from you.”
“If Tim Duncan had Knicks on his jersey, he'd be a god.”
“Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade.”
“For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls”
“I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence.”
“The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway.”
“I don't think there is anybody bigger or smaller than Maradona.”
“Messi is the best that's played the game. Streets ahead of Maradona.”

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