Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Gary Speed

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Welsh athlete Gary Speed.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Gary Speed

Gary Andrew Speed, MBE was a Welsh professional footballer and manager. As manager of Wales, Speed is often credited as being the catalyst for the change in fortunes of the national team and as setting the pathway to future successes.

I had a lot of times with Wales as well when we were getting beat - and beaten well - and you learn to deal with it. You learn that next time it happens, you roll your sleeves up and give everything for the team.
You've got to believe you can get a result from the game.
I love everything about playing for Newcastle, the club, the fans and the city. — © Gary Speed
I love everything about playing for Newcastle, the club, the fans and the city.
Goal scoring is a recurring theme. If you aren't scoring then you aren't going to win games. That's obvious.
I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.
I have won 85 caps and have had a great career with Wales and have enjoyed every minute of it.
Everyone I know is fervently proud to be Welsh but you try not to be preachy about it. It's difficult at times. But when I go home to north Wales, or to somewhere I've never been in south Wales, I still feel at home because I'm in Wales. It's hard to explain.
Everyone tells me to play as long as you can. Sometimes, it goes in one ear and out the other.
If you've got aspirations to be a manager or coach, obviously coaching your country would be a great honour.
Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That's the nature of being a goalkeeper.
I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.
What's important is Welsh football and that it progresses.
A lot of people still disregard something like yoga. I would have as a young player. I would have been too busy playing golf or something.
If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.
I don't like the showy nationalism - a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag - that doesn't matter to me. The way to show your patriotism and commitment is to go and support or play for your team.
When everything is going wrong, it seems like nothing goes right — © Gary Speed
When everything is going wrong, it seems like nothing goes right
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