Arsène Wenger: Trending quotes (page 3)

“The background looks like a lot of red cards.”

Arsène Wenger

On Arsenal's redesigned club crest. (2002) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/3040541/Quotes-of-the-year.html
Arsenal (1996–present)

“You weren't world class when Arsenal signed you.”

Arsène Wenger

Patrick Vieira, (2004) http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/169064/Its-time-to-buy-top-stars.html
Arsenal (1996–present)

World

“I told you last week that the race was not over when the bookmakers stopped betting. Surprise, surprise, they have started taking money again.”

Arsène Wenger

Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal (13 March 1998) http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tHAWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7xQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1443,6363503&dq=bookmaker+manchester+united
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Money

“Gérard [Houllier's] thoughts on the matter echo mine. He thinks that what the national coaches are doing is like taking the car from his garage without even asking permission. They will then use the car for ten days and abandon it in a field without any petrol left in the tank. We then have to recover it, but it is broken down. Then a month later they will come to take your car again, and for good measure you're expected to be nice about it.”

Arsène Wenger

International matches, (2006) http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/BobbyMcMahon/2006/10/17/The_First_Decade_of_Arsene_Wenger
Arsenal (1996–present)

Cars , Thinking

“You ask 100 people, 99 will say it's very bad and the 100th will be Mark Hughes.”

Arsène Wenger

Manchester City 4-2 Arsenal (12 September 2009) http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrischarles/2009/12/quotes_of_the_year_2009.html
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People

“Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home.”

Arsène Wenger

In response to Sir Alex Ferguson's jibe that his team weren't deserving league and cup champions — "They are scrappers who rely on belligerence - we are the better team", (May 2002) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1975624.stm

Home , Thinking

“We were considering him (Ruud van Nistelrooy) and Francis Jeffers and, in the end, we went for Jeffers.”

Arsène Wenger

About Francis Jeffers (2001) http://www.laughfc.co.uk/stories/story.php?id=324

“When you are a player, you think, 'Me! Me! Me!' When you are a manager, you think 'You! You! You!”

Arsène Wenger

8 February 2002
Quotations from the Public Comments of Arsene Wenger: Manager, Arsenal Football Club (2005)

Thinking

“Any man who concentrates his energies totally on one passion is, by definition, someone who hurts the people close to him.”

Arsène Wenger

On Sir Alex Ferguson, (February 2007) http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002390000-2007060364,00.html

People , Passion , Hurt

“If you eat caviar every day it's difficult to return to sausages.”

Arsène Wenger

Arsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough (29 November 1998) http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60615442.html
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“We need a player who will be a fox in the box and on the pitch. We need a player like Owen is for Liverpool.”

Arsène Wenger

Thierry Henry, in an interview after the 2001 FA Cup final. (13 May 2001) http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/1329408.stm
Misattributed

Box

“We wanted tonight to be a shift of power, and to take the trophy back to Highbury.”

Arsène Wenger

Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal (8 May 2002) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1976435.stm
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