Top 22 Quotes & Sayings by David Pleat

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English athlete David Pleat.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
David Pleat

David John Pleat is an English football player turned manager, and sports commentator. Pleat made 185 Football League appearances for five clubs, scoring 26 goals. He had two spells as manager of Luton Town football club, and four as manager of Tottenham Hotspur.

I've enjoyed my time in the game, whether it be managing Luton in the top flight, taking Spurs to Wembley or, as director of football, pinpointing players such as Jermain Defoe, Paul Robinson and Robbie Keane with real sell-on value.
A game is not won until it is lost.
We are now in the middle of the centre of the first half. — © David Pleat
We are now in the middle of the centre of the first half.
Pires has got something about him, he can go both ways depending on who's facing him
There's always been a fierce rivalry between Spurs and Tottenham.
Preki quite literally only has the one foot
I'm not too sure how much you get for winning the Champion's League, but it's definitely 10 million euros.
Winning isn't the end of the world
When you've got a mountain to climb you may as well throw everything into the kitchen sink.
Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some - or occasionally lose.
I feel like a drunken man who doesn't have a drink.
For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls
Ronaldo has been compared to the incomparable George Best
I've seen some players with very big feet ... and some with very small feet.
Sammy Lee is another inbred player
There's too much - I don't know what the word is - scientology in the game.
Of course, Steven Gerrard is one of only a few Liverpool players who never get left out by Rafa; and even he doesn't always get picked.
The zip on the pitch is very zippy
He's had a lovely career for the talent he's got. — © David Pleat
He's had a lovely career for the talent he's got.
You know sometimes football turns on the slightest biscuit of good fortune.
I was inbred into the game by my father
He is an interesting player - short back legs.
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