The Laudrup brothers have the same characteristics as the Heick family. They create a network of journalists around them – a slew of after-talkers who market them as mother-in-law’s dream.
Age is not an obstacle. It is a limitation you impose on your mind.
The more I practice – the luckier I am.
We in FCK are always accused of being so damn arrogant, but the fact is that we are not nearly as arrogant as anyone else would have been in our shoes
Sometimes it’s strange being me. I travel the world meeting people, I’m surrounded with friends and my life is full, but all the time I am confronted by a young man I have nothing in common with. He is me, but he is not me now. In fact I have been me now for longer than I was him, but no one wants to know about me.
I have never made a prediction, nor will I ever do so.
A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord.
With stubbornness, you can turn defeats into amazing achievements.
Is it cool to be Nicklas Bendtner right now? It’s always cool to be Nicklas Bendtner.
There are too many factors you have to take into account that you have no control over. The most important factor you can keep in your own hands is yourself. I always placed the greatest emphasis on that.
Hard work is more important than talent when talent does not want to work hard.
If you train hard, you not only become hard yourself, you also become hard to overcome.
Today you can just show bare ass for ten seconds on TV, then you are world famous in Denmark. 25 years ago, it required much more starquality.
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change.
Virenque is riding. He (Aldag, ed.) stands perfectly still. He stands still as a German tree in the Harz.
Set the bar high for your goals and don’t stop until you get there.
I don’t believe in motivating a team. I believe in preparing a team so that they know that they have the necessary confidence when they go on the pitch – and are therefore prepared to play a good game.
We just have to go out and shout as loud as we can
If you are not ready to go all the way, why go anywhere at all.
A true master stands up when he cannot.
I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.
Professional soccer is not a social office.
Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose.
Livingston wants to give it to Armstrong, but Armstrong would rather have it from behind by Hamilton.