Alan Hansen Quotes

• The scar on my forehead is from running through a plate-glass panel when I was 15. I had 27 stitches, which took two hours.

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• People say I’m bad at a lot of things. One I agree with is that I’m a bad driver.

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• Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.

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• If you’re going to be wrong, be dramatically wrong.

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• I was born in a mining village, and you either played football or played football. If you didn’t play, there was something wrong with you.

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• I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys’ teams.

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• I don’t miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.

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• I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I’d played golf I would have been skint.

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• Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season that when I retired from football I would never go back into it, and I’ve never regretted that decision.

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• I wouldn’t say they’re neglected, but everybody is going to grow old and we should be looking after the older generation more than we do at the moment.

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• I hear people saying ‘the way the game should be played’. Rubbish. That’s the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played.

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• I had no plans once I finished my football career, which was a problem, so I had to go looking for work. Television was the one area that it was easier to get a job than anywhere else.

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• Andy Gray is a great pundit and a great co-commentator. I couldn’t co-commentate for love nor money. I’ve tried but I just can’t do it, so as an all-rounder I’d say Andy’s much better than I am.

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• When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it’s a completely different ball game.

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• When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that’s a fantasy.

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• What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch.

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• We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half good and then you go and play against a side like that!

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• These guys live and breathe football; they get something out of going to the training ground every day.

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• The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

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• The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

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Alan Hansen (35)

Birth:	15th June, 1955
Nationality:	Scottish
Profession:	Football Player

About

Alan David Hansen is a Scottish former football player and BBC television football pundit. He played as a central defender for Partick Thistle, Liverpool and Scotland. In 1990, he became the first outfield player to win English league titles in three different decades. As a pundit, Hansen has acquired a reputation for his critical and analytical approach to the game, particularly in regard to defending.

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