Quote by Gary Neville
I would have been about seven years old when the formative years o

I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything. – Gary Neville

Other quotes by Gary Neville

I developed a mechanism so that whatever mistakes I made, I would bounce straight back. Whatever was happening off the pitch, I could put it to one side and maintain my form. Call it mental resilience or a strong mind, but that is what we mean when we talk about experience in a football team. – Gary Neville

Category:
Experience
Read Quote

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength. – Gary Neville

Category:
strength
Read Quote

It is one of my pet hates when I see players who have agents who do everything for them. They dont know how to set up their own bank accounts, they dont know what they are spending their money on and they cant make their own decisions. – Gary Neville

Category:
pet
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Education
category

Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent. – John Maynard Keynes

Category:
Education

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will – thats just the bottom line. – Bo Jackson

Category:
Education

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. – Abigail Adams

Category:
Education

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. – James Baldwin

Category:
Education

Random Quotes

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art youre an idiot. – Steve Martin

Category:
Art

My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine. – Jane Pauley

Category:
Experience

I feel a lot healthier when Im having sex. Physically. I feel all these jitters when I wake up in the morning. Just energy jitters. I take vitamins, I work out every day. When Im having sex, I dont have that. – Alyssa Milano

Category:
Morning

The companies that make meaningful contributions while also listening to the voices of others are the ones that will genuinely engage their community, who will then go to work for them. – Simon Mainwaring

Category:
work