A Quote by Richard Gough

The plan was that I was going to retire and take a job with the American Federation, but Nottingham Forest offered me a contract and there was interest from West Ham and another Premiership club.

Richard Gough

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Richard Gough
Scottish - Athlete
Born: April 5, 1962

About five years ago, I was offered a contract by the Clifton Village Cricket Club in Nottingham, England. I was staying with one of my teammates there and everything was new for me.

Shreyas Iyer

If I was a normal player at West Ham and wanted to join a Chinese club, nobody would have said anything. But since I was a leader at West Ham and thought about that offer, I was suddenly a bad man.

Marko Arnautovic

I think I'm capable of doing the job at any club in the world, so I'm sure I can do it at West Ham.

David Moyes

I think that with West Ham, it was more complicated for me. It happened naturally; there was urgency to leave West Ham.

Dimitri Payet

But what a club West Ham are, such a big club, the supporters are fantastic.

Jose Fonte

I have two years left on my contract with Hertha Berlin, but I'd like to play in England and if I'm offered a good contract from an English club then I'd want to go there.

Ali Daei

At West Ham there were a couple of French players and they helped me get used to the team and the club.

Demba Ba

I have managed at League Two and League One level and then went to Nottingham Forest for a short time as assistant when Gary Brazil was caretaker before going into the Wales U21 job and I have now been involved for four years.

Rob Page

I struggled to get into any sort of team as a kid, but I struggled along and, though it's amazing how long it has actually taken me, I am finally in the Premiership and to play against my old mates from West Ham, the team I supported as a boy, was unbelievable.

Jimmy Bullard

West Ham is a massive club and I want to do well. I want to create the same sort of feeling I've had at every other club.

Robert Snodgrass

My family have always been West Ham fans, so growing up, I used to go and watch them, and so I was a West Ham supporter.

Jack Wilshere

It's tricky because obviously when you join a new club, from the very first day, everyone looks at you and tries to see if you are good enough. That's more or less what you have to go through. Then the other thing is that when I signed for West Ham nobody told me I was going to be number one.

Lukasz Fabianski

You know the cycling federation in the U.K. did a good job of going around schools and scouting young riders. The Belgian federation is not like that. It is asleep.

Eddy Merckx

"I was just offered a contract on your life, for enough money to make it worth my while." It was my turn to be quiet. "Did you take it?" "Would I be calling you if I had?" "Maybe," I said. He laughed. "True, but I'm not going to take it." "Why not?" "Friendship." "Try again," I said. "I figure I'll get to kill more people guarding you. If I take the contract, I only get to kill you." "Comforting."