“But there are not many players in the world who will make a real difference.”
Joint Interview with The Times and Daily Mail (2009)
Context: OK, I’m not against that [spending £100m]. If you have the money and you find the one player who can make you win and make the difference, no matter how expensive he is you should do it. But there are not many players in the world who will make a real difference.
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The Crosswicks Journal, A Circle of Quiet (1972)
“Who needs make-believe monsters when there are so many real ones.”
Source: The Winter Rose
“He is a world-class player who needs no introductions.”
Carlo Ancelotti, Repubblica.it http://www.repubblica.it/online/campionato/delpiero/delpiero/delpiero.html
Interview on Charlie Rose https://archive.org/details/WHUT_20100614_130000_Charlie_Rose (2000), IBM Linux Commercial: The Prodigy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ozaFbqg00#t=15.3s (2003)
Alex Ferguson 2003, http://www.rediff.com/sports/2003/apr/08foot.htm
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Conquest of Abundance (2001 [posthumous])
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/29/city-of-london-desperate-gamble-china-vulnerable-economy when asked by the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger who, in his view, would be the next president of the United States
2000s
“What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?”
Song of Solomon (1977)
Sangakkara on how Pakistan is a better team than India, quoted on Sports.ndtv.com, "Why Pakistan Can Never Beat India in World Cups - Kumar Sangakkara, Sunil Gavaskar Explain" http://sports.ndtv.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/news/256674-why-pakistan-can-never-beat-india-in-world-cups-kumar-sangakkara-sunil-gavaskar-explain, March 21, 2016.
Context: India always plays a big tournament in a very settled manner. They trust their players and are always consistent in their selection. They always approach a game with a sense of confidence in their abilities and the selection they have made. When it comes to Pakistan, they come to tournaments unsettled, with a lot of controversy and lots of doubts over selection. There seems to be lot of talk even within the team and around the team, even by the management. When it comes to crucial rivalry and the stakes are high, India seems to control their emotion and execute their game-plan. Whenever Pakistan play India, the former seems to be rattled. India always seem to be the more mature side in World Cups than Pakistan, no matter how many senior players are there in their squad.