Simon Jordan quotes

“Andrew is an integral part of the team and he is staying at my football club. The reality is I need him to score the goals that will get us promoted.”
-- Simon Jordan

#Football Quotes #Team Quotes #Reality Quotes

“If I see another David Gold interview on the poor East End Jewish boy done good I'll impale myself on one of his dildos.”
-- Simon Jordan

Source : "Forget Bruce, trouble starts with true blue Sullivan" by Simon Jordan, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2006.

#Boys Quotes #Gold Quotes #Done Quotes

“I'm not going to drag it out or make a point, because points are pointless.”
-- Simon Jordan

#Drag Quotes #Pointless Quotes

“I had an Aston Martin phone worth ?15,000 given to me as a present. I dropped it in a gin and tonic about 15 seconds after opening it.”
-- Simon Jordan

#Phones Quotes #Gin And Tonic Quotes #Aston Martin Quotes

“In retrospect, of course I regret calling them (Charlton fans) morons. Imbeciles would have been more appropriate.”
-- Simon Jordan

#Regret Quotes #Fans Quotes #Calling Quotes

“I'm no respecter of tradition and I have no time for the Manchester Uniteds and Arsenals of this world. There's nothing to admire in these clubs. They're just bullshit worlds full of bullshit people.”
-- Simon Jordan

#People Quotes #Bullshit Quotes #World Quotes

“Agents are nasty scum. They're evil and divisive and pointless. They only survive because the rest of the sport is so corrupt and because leading football club people employ their sons in the job.”
-- Simon Jordan

Source : "Rommedahl rewards Charlton's patience" by Jon Brodkin, www.theguardian.com. December 5, 2004.

#Sports Quotes #Football Quotes #Jobs Quotes

“What does Everton chairman Bill Kenwright think he will get for £6m? Andy Johnson's trainers?”
-- Simon Jordan

#Thinking Quotes #Bills Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Even if I built a 50,000-seater stadium and bought Ronaldinho, there'd still be complaints about crap hotdogs.”
-- Simon Jordan

#Stadiums Quotes #Complaints Quotes #Crap Quotes

“The reality is we are 0-3. The reality is that we can still be a very good football team. We need to show that on Monday night.”

“Thankfully we had a big drive there in the fourth quarter after the fumble to put us up 11, and then the big drive to finish the game.”

“My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.”

“As long as I have my legs and commitment to the team, then I'll keep playing.”

“Any time you lose a few in a row, you have to hit reset and come back tomorrow and do the best you can to forget about how the past series went. It's frustrating. Individually it's frustrating. I'm trying to figure it out. And I know as a team, it sucks losing a few in a row any time. So you know, we'll snap out of it.”

“Regarding stickyfish teams, I favor the Bigfield Fighting Koobish.”

“Get up now and go and find Robert Kilroy-Silk. Smile in a warm, friendly sort of way, then punch him on the nose. Now go and find Robert on television, despite my best endeavours, this is still relatively easy to do. Wait for a close-up, same smile, and punch him on the nose. If you followed the instructions carefully, you will have noticed a distinct difference. On the one hand, you were suffused with a sense of public-spirited righteousness; on the other, you're probably dribbling blood. That's the difference between reality in life and reality on television.”

Source : "'My discoveries weren't any more extensive or alarming than most people's. I just chose to look'". Interview with Antonia Crane, logger.believermag.com. November 5, 2013.

“Louis de Bernires is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh. . .he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste.”

“Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.”

Source : Abbie Hoffman (2009). “Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial”, p.9, Da Capo Press

“Straight away, remove yourself from the field of spiritual progression , stay away from contemplation and skillful discourse, do not do research or meditate on the divinities, and stop concentrating and reciting textbooks! Tell me, what is the absolute nature of reality which allows no room for doubt? Listen carefully! Stop holding on to this or that, inhabit your true absolute nature, and peacefully enjoy the essence of what it is to be alive!”