Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor OBEis a former football player, manager and pundit, and former chairman of Watford Football Club. He was the manager of the England national football team from 1990 to 1993, and also managed Lincoln City, Watford, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 September 1944
inspiration player missing
He's a player you only miss when he's not playing
football space all-time
In football, time and space are the same thing.
heart body bars
To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.
soccer way results
It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.
football thinking roots
Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.
soccer people half
People always remember the second half.
football coward
I'd never allow myself to let myself call myself a coward.
want sound goes-on
I have to choose my words carefully because I don't want to sound like one of those who goes on about how things were better in my day.
sports community village
You go to Holland, France, Germany, every community, the tiniest village, they have magnificent, pristine sports facilities.
football player games
In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a discipline over them.
football player games
In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.
football games smell
The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked - is that so many people are in football for the wrong reasons. Not because they love the game, but because they smell money.
cups england world
Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician.
thinking luck lucky
Napoleon wanted his generals to be lucky. I don't think he would have worked with me.