Ron Atkinson Quotes

It's great to have atmosphere at the stadium, but football is all about the players.

Trequartista is an important position in the team.

Tactics are just a part of football because the players are playing.

As a football player, you would like to play each match.

Arsenal's width comes from wide areas.

Because I love football and I love the footballers.

When it comes down to it, you're playing football regardless of what offense you're in.

The ball is the most important thing on the field.

I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.

I prefer the 4-2-3-1 formation and stick to it but have my own interpretations.

I've played at centre-half plenty of times before.

The most difficult thing is football is to give the ball to a player that has the same colour shirt.

You have to do a lot of planning, certainly in football. We watch the opposition three or four times before we play them.

Everything is focused on the coach. It's what happens in football.

My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.

I like the triangle. My first season, the whole first season, we played nothing but the triangle, so I know it pretty well.

I'll play where the gaffer decides: in the middle, on the right, or on the left.

Jamie Vardy and myself, we have fun during matches.

I try to distract with other things, but in my mind, it is always the game, especially the team, the shape, my players, what can I do, what is tomorrow, what can I give to them to improve them.

Of course, Hazard can create problems in each moment of the match.

At the end of the day, it's 11 men versus 11 on the pitch.

I want to play. I want to be on the pitch.

Each game, we try to win the three points, but every game, I want to score and help the team.

I play for pleasure, for the passion that I have as a football player.

I am happy and fortunate to join the Cincinnati Bengals as head coach.