If you’ve had the No. 1 job, why would you go back and be reserve manager? Is Alex Ferguson going to be reserve manager for Manchester United? It’s like a boxer going into the ring with one arm behind his back. Why would you do it? You’re going to get knocked out. Glenn Hoddle Read Quote
We have to change the way we coach kids in the long-term so that by the time they hit 16, they are better than the Spanish, French, and German players. That is the big challenge, but the No. 1 criteria for me has always been how you are technically judged, from the age of eight, not size or power. Glenn Hoddle Read Quote
I had some very good players and some wonderful young players hitting the scene. Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Michael Owen – we had something tangible to work with and move forward. Glenn Hoddle Read Quote
I’ve always had my own opinions and have always been somebody who thinks outside the box. Glenn Hoddle Read Quote
It’s the biggest thing in the world in many ways, football. People don’t want to talk about politics. They don’t want to talk about religion. They want to talk about football – wherever you go. Glenn Hoddle Read Quote
I remember thinking this was a proper football interview, just as David Davies had promised. But then the line of questioning changed, and it became about my beliefs on reincarnation. Glenn Hoddle Read Quote
The only thing I can think of was an incident one day when I did get angry with the substitutes for talking behind the goal while we were practising free-kicks – I told them to pay attention because we might need them during the match. That was something I always insisted on. Glenn Hoddle Read Quote
No manager in the world gets good results all the time and you know there’s people always ready to have a snipe. In fact I’m my own biggest critic, I really am. Because my own standards are so high, I criticise myself behind the scenes more than perhaps I should, according to people who know me well. Glenn Hoddle Read Quote
If people feel 4-4-2 is the way forward in international football, they’ll have to wait until I’m out of a job. Glenn Hoddle Read Quote
The old adage that you shouldn’t change a winning team doesn’t apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses. Glenn Hoddle Read Quote
