Top 27 Quotes & Sayings by Dwight Yorke

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Trinidadian athlete Dwight Yorke.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Dwight Eversley Yorke CM is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian former professional footballer and current manager of Macarthur FC. Throughout his club career, he played for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland, mainly as a forward, between 1988 and 2009. He was the assistant manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national team until the completion of the qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Yorke scored 123 goals in the Premier League, a record for a non-European which was not broken until Sergio Agüero in 2017.

Trinidadian - Athlete | Born: November 9, 1971

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People like myself, who have good credibility in the game and played at the very top level, you'd think would get a job or at least be given an interview, but you're not even getting an interview.

Dwight Yorke

But to have to have the opportunity to travel to all of these countries, drink some nice wine, see the other side of the culture of these countries I've been to, it's nice.

Dwight Yorke

Football is a global sport and black players have contributed to the global sport for a number of years.

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I used to play football on the streets, kicking breadfruits or oranges.

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It's often been discussed, no-one has really taken it up, but I do have a tendency when I speak to everybody, certainly black players who are trying to break into managerial department are coming up against the same concept because of your race.

Dwight Yorke

I've done all the coaching badges at St George's and the one thing I find very difficult, let alone get a job, is to even get an interview.

Dwight Yorke

I remember when we were playing Liverpool away from home and we recorded one shot in the whole match. That's not Man United. You want people go out and express themselves.

Dwight Yorke

If you are on the front foot playing attacking football and you want to score goals, that is what people want to pay money to watch.

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You've got to embrace those times as a professional player very seriously, because it will come to an end.

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Yes, I've done a lot of things in life, but I've also achieved a lot, I've won trophies. When I was at Sunderland I looked through the dressing room and thought 'who's won anything substantial here?'. Nobody had and yet they all had a flashy car and an opinion.

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Everybody can go out and buy fancy things and, while I don't have a problem with that, I do think players should earn the right to say 'I deserve this big contract and all this money'.

Dwight Yorke

But would I give up the women and nights out for another year at United? Would that make me happy? Would that make me the person I am today? I'm not sure. I have no regrets. I went to United to win things and I achieved that.

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To be a part of the history with the Manchester United club is a huge moment.

Dwight Yorke

I still love my dad and appreciate what he's done for me, but I despise some of the things he has done to the family and certainly to my mum.

Dwight Yorke

In my time you had to be the main man year after year to be able to demand respect at your club, but now it's too easy because of the financial rewards on offer.

Dwight Yorke

I see managers with my own eyes walking out of jobs and then walking into jobs, getting sacked and then walking back into another job... yet we can't even get an interview.

Dwight Yorke

My first three years at United were pretty much flawless. In the first we won the treble and I finished top scorer: I was walking on cloud nine. I came back the next year and scored 26 goals.

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I don't even remember half the places I've been, but it's been a nice journey. I enjoy traveling.

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Despite all my experience of being a player, I've never had the experience of being a manager which is a different concept from being a coach.

Dwight Yorke

Look to the Premier League. Are there any black managers? Look at the Italian league? Are there any black managers? The list goes on.

Dwight Yorke

What do I like about Spurs? The flairness

Dwight Yorke

The game is not over until it is.

Dwight Yorke

Paul Scholes and Gary Neville are the centrefolds of Man United

Dwight Yorke

When you look back you talk about legends of the game, he's certainly up there. Twenty trophies since 1994. He just seems to get better and better. I've had the honour of playing alongside him. The four years I've played alongside him, he is the best player, one of the first names on the manager's teamsheet. He is just a complete legend. There are not enough players like Paul Scholes around any more for my liking. 'Legend' is over-used but this guy is right up there with the very best.

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Every ball that is kicked, Martin O'Neill will be literally kicking it

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The Dell will continue to be a hard place to go and take points.

Dwight Yorke

It's very hard to dismantle the ball off Wayne Rooney

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