Nick Nurse Quotes

If we are going to win games, we need 11 fit players. Sir Alex Ferguson does not pick half-fit players.

When you have bad teams, you've got to be creative to win games you're not supposed to win.

You don't want to end up with a huge tally of runs after eight games but with your team out of contention.

Every single player matters. Every single player can change the course of the game.

If you have a game where you're under pressure, obviously there are going to be a lot of shots on target, and you're going to make saves, but you can't say you played well in a game where you concede five goals. It's ridiculous.

You don't beat football teams. You outrecruit them.

Often in football a game is really balanced and one small detail will make the difference between winning and losing. We try to find the detail that makes the difference for us.

We players are very well aware that being a favourite won't win you a game, that your jersey won't win you a game.

I don't talk about what happened after one game or the other. We look at a season as a whole picture.

We didn't lose a game at home for two years. What are we missing? We have the product on the field. We're exciting.

It is easy to understand when Everton performed better it was when they had stability.

It doesn't matter what the game is or against who, it is good to play at home.

No matter how well you do in the regular season, it has to be capped off with a championship to really mark your legacy in the game.

I could lose every Old Firm game I go into and still win the league.

During the regular season, you don't have the sort of time you do in the playoffs to prepare for people, so you've got to go to your strengths.

You can look at every game, some where I've been a defensive player and others where I've had an impact.

What is important is that the team continues to win their games.

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.

It's a massive difference when you play in front of full stadiums; you can sense the buzz around the players, and it helps us get that extra one or two per cent that may be the difference in games.

Home advantage is usually an advantage to the home team

We did everything we could to win this game on a tricky pitch. We created a lot of opportunities but between the posts and Bonano, we failed to find the goal. We did well but we let a victory slip from our grasp. I still think we are carrying on where we left off last season and you saw a team that was working for 90 minutes. We showed off our talent but just couldn't get a goal.

Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.

The only difference between a winning team and a losing team is one game. The winning team can win two out of three games...the losing team can only win one out of three.

I think we deserved to get through and I congratulate the players. We said before the game that nothing was decided and that we had to play a good team which is very dangerous. We did well and we didn't give away many chances.

I'm glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, ... It's just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I'm happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.