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A hefty slice dressed with fresh lemon juice, and a special olive oil given him by the person who had made it. (‘The virginity of this olive oil has been certified by a gynaecologist,’ said the little ticket that had come with it.)
“No labour was more Heraclean than the labour of being Heracles.”
― Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
― Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
“There are two types of coaches. There’s coaches like me who weigh up the opposition and ask the team to adjust. Fergie was similar. José [Mourinho] is similar. Then there’s Arsène, who won’t adjust. There’s Brendan [Rodgers], who looks like he won’t adjust. There’s Manuel Pellegrini, who looks like he won’t adjust … their philosophy is different to ours. Ours is more about who are we playing against. Their philosophy is more, “We always play this way,” and they won’t change, they carry on doing the same thing. That’s why you can beat them.”
― The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines
― The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines
“Writers of history often seek the dramatic over the truth. It is a failing of the profession.”
― Sailing to Sarantium
― Sailing to Sarantium
“A man may rot like an egg: His shell does not show it, but all that is within him has gone foul.”
― The Hod King
― The Hod King
“Second, and even more impressively, they became the first side in top-flight history to score in every league game, a record that’s been unfairly – if understandably – overshadowed by the Invincibles campaign.”
― The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines
― The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines
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