Top 29 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Lambert

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Scottish businessman Paul Lambert.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Paul Lambert

Paul Lambert is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of Ipswich Town.

Any club that wins the European Cup gives it more credence.
I never think I'm safe. I always live in fear I will lose.
There's no sentiment in football. — © Paul Lambert
There's no sentiment in football.
That's what drives me on, being frightened to fail. The past is in the past. I never think I'm safe.
I thrive on the pressure. I love it. I love the fear factor that goes with it. Perhaps it's strange, but that's just me.
I never look at past results. It's about what happens now.
That churning in your stomach on the morning of a game, I've missed it. That adrenalin rush, I can't help getting involved. I can't watch myself on TV jumping around like a madman. But you know what, I wouldn't change any of it.
I have no idea what would have happened to me had I stayed at Motherwell.
Discipline is a big thing for me, you have to respect the workplace and your team-mate.
I don't get Twitter or social media. I really don't understand it or read it. I see it as a distraction.
You never stop learning in football management and I certainly believe the invaluable experience from my time as Villa manager will prove hugely beneficial in the next stage of my managerial career.
In Dortmund, the stadium is nearly full for the warm-up. They've always been there in their numbers, always backed the team.
I've never been spoon-fed for my whole career, I have always done it the hard way as a player and a manager.
Villa's history doesn't frighten me. Not at all. I respect it. I actually embrace it, because I've been through it. I know how difficult it is to win the European Cup.
When you're a manager you always have tunnel vision at certain times.
If people don't like me, they don't like me - if they want to shake my hand, they'll shake their hand.
I won't please everybody every minute of the day.
It is hard to categorise every accolade you have won. Getting into the Hall of Fame is great. It is fantastic to be recognised by your own country. To be part of the history of our national game is simply humbling.
Every big moment has stresses and lessons that you take into your managerial career. You can pass it down to the lads who work under you. And everybody knows you handled it.
You have to make decisions that you think are right for the club. I also think that, in the dressing room, there should only ever be one voice and it's got to be the manager's.
I've been to some great clubs, great people, watched them training, getting a different view on football, and really enjoyed it.
I went to Borussia Dortmund on trial with a bag and some clothes, not knowing what my next move was going to be.
I've seen managers come in and lose the first game, you're on the back foot straight away. — © Paul Lambert
I've seen managers come in and lose the first game, you're on the back foot straight away.
But I don't pay much attention to outside influences. People can say what they want. I always try to focus on my own environment.
I've got a lot of respect for Norwich City as a football club, there's some really good people there.
Criticism comes with Celtic. If you take it on board, it can make you ill, but if you think: 'No problem', it makes you really thick-skinned.
They could've thrown a kitchen sink into the box and one of the guys would've headed it.
Dave Jones got to the final last year and lost in the semi-final this year, so progress has definitely been made
I'm never quite sure how far to go with praising young kids because the next thing you will see him probably driving a Mercedes and he'll have his socks over his knees and four earrings in and a Walt Disney hat.
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