League Standings Quotes

For a big club, you can accept that the team does not win the league because it is in transition, but you cannot afford to slip out of the Champions League spot.

It is always nice to play for the bigger teams, contesting titles and Champions League rather than relegation.

Well Terry, can you tell us where you are in the league, how far are you ahead of the second team?

When I joined QPR in March 2010 we were rock bottom and heading for League One. We conceded too many and didn't score enough, which was a recipe for relegation.

I always look in the Sunday paper to see where Everton are in the league - starting, of course, from the bottom up.

When you beat Arsenal, they are a good three points.

If you're going to win the Premier League, you're going to have to finish ahead of Chelsea and Manchester City.

If Arsenal don't finish third, they might not finish in third place.

In any normal season, most of the teams below Chelsea would think they are doing quite well.

As club captain all I want to do is help us get back up the table and into the Champions League.

It's the price on the ticket and emphasizes the pressure every manager is under weather you are at the top or bottom of the league.

If you ever look at my history of coaching in South Africa, no team has ever gone down. And I'm talking about places in the league. They've always gone up.

Nobody will finish above us in the league. It wouldn't surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the season. The challenge now is to dominate English football for a long time.

Our goal is to be the best team in the NBA at the end of the year.

Nobody wants to be a bottom feeder and deal with the reality that you have one of the worst records, if not the worst record, in the league. Obviously, we have to turn that around and turn it around fast. I feel like if we ever show up in the same place at the same time we can make some noise in this league.

The more goals you concede ultimately results in the bottom three, not the more goals you score.

A club like Tottenham are up there with the top teams, and I think they have to be in the Champions League.

In the Premier League, we have to play a lot, and we always need the support of the fans.

In football winning games is all that matters, but a team like West Ham and every team apart from Man City are going to lose games.

The Premier League is tough because, as soon as you lose a couple of games, you're out of the race for the league.

When you manage a big team like River Plate or Madrid, they are used to winning titles. The people are happy, but they are used to it. When you have an achievement like I had in Villarreal, reaching the semi-final of the Champions League, finishing second in the league, it's more than winning a title. It's more.

If I got sacked because my results weren't good enough at Everton, I accept it, but getting sacked when they finish eighth, it is ridiculous. In fact, it is ludicrous.

There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.

You can't get in the top four if you can't beat the clubs who are in the top four.

That's why it's hardest to win a Premier League instead of a Champions League - because it's over 38 games. You can't play well in every game, but it's about grinding out results.