Gordon Taylor Quotations

Manchester United and Liverpool have been bought with huge leverage, and we've got Roman Abramovich at Chelsea who can turn his loans into shares. It is really important for the Premier League to ask itself: if a club is being bought on such a mountain of debt, isn't that a possible recipe for disaster for the future?

The Football Association have always acted more as a referee than a governor. And the FA, aware the Premier League provide players for the England team, have always had too gentle a hand on the tiller. The result is that the Premier League are the tigers in the English football jungle everybody's scared of.

Football has to work really hard to put a smile on peoples face and not to be so focused on the question of money. Everything is in danger of losing its soul if youre always going to sell out to the highest bidder.

Footballers are kept in such a bubble that horse racing is a release.

Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; its such a big gambling industry, and there are problems with syndicates in other countries.

I know so many players who say they wouldn't entertain coaching, until they retire that is, and then they want to take their coaching badges. I suspect this might happen with David Beckham.

You don't hear a film director saying 'Money mustn't go out of the industry' to actors. You don't hear a concert promoter saying 'We must make sure that money doesn't go out of our industry' to Elton John. Some people in football seem to think, 'Never mind the players, let's get on with the game.'

There are people who enjoy the life in England but don't pay a penny in tax, whereas my footballers pay more than half their income in tax.

David Beckham is a patriot, and I am sure he will help in any way he can. Beckham needs to be part of any future plans to remould the England set-up. Beckham and players like him need to be integrated into the set-up in the same way that the Germans take on board former players from Beckenbauer to Rummenigge.

Every person has got the right to speak in public so long as it is their own point of view and it does not reflect badly on their employers, the game or other personalities in the game.

Footballers are the most vulnerable people. They exude confidence, but inside, they're so lacking in confidence. They know they can lose form or be injured. This profession is so insecure, you wouldn't believe it.

In politics, they found there were not enough females in the House of Commons, so they came up with the idea of shortlists having to have women on them.

The whole object of the players' association is to try and make sure that any individual is able to capitalise on his ability, particularly in football, which is a very short career.

We are trying to educate players to use their spare time to train for a life after football, which comes to everybody. You can lead a lot of horses to water, but you can't make them all drink.

There are no greater football critics than the players themselves. To be recognized by your fellow professionals from across the world is a unique honor. While we respect the many other football awards that are handed out I think it is special to see these results, the very first ballot among the world's players.

Many of these operators will say they're just concerned about the seriously or terminally ill, but their true agenda is to line their pockets with drug money.

But this is a worrying pattern for English football. Are our stars of the future getting the opportunities they need?

He has been the cornerstone, not just of the Chelsea defense, but the whole foundations on which their success over the last couple of years has been built. John is the one person you would want alongside you in the trenches because he is strong, dependable, reliable and fearless.

I think the general feeling in England will be one that the sanction is far too lenient, and I would be one of those who thinks that way.

It could well be - unless there's a very substantial reason as to why this is positive that is to be understood - anything from six months to two years.

We really rely on the public trust to do our job. If the public can't trust that the person they're actually being in contact with is a law enforcement officer, that makes our jobs a lot more difficult and puts our agents in harm's way.

We have more non-English players in our league than any other country in the world.

The proposals being put out are far too ambiguous from our point of view. They looked as though there had been a hidden agenda to maintain the status quo,

There has been a long history of sledging between England and Australia.

You can never be certain whether someone can do the job or not until you actually give it to them, but when I look around there are enough good, young English coaches to persuade me at least one should be given the opportunity.

This testing is not acceptable. It is a total invasion of their privacy,

Brazil wouldn't appoint a foreign coach, Germany wouldn't, Italy wouldn't, Spain wouldn't and neither would France or Holland, so why should we?

At the moment, it's all got to be confidential because I don't want people to jump to conclusions. There needs to be a proper hearing, second test and then the player's response.

The Spanish FA have been given a yellow card, not the red that many would have expected,

answer why you weren't at the meeting when rest of the FIFA family was there.

This guy wanted to be on the inside. Today he got that opportunity as two DEA agents took him to jail and actually put him behind bars.

It is unacceptable, it is embarrassing for the lads.

It's good that we are involved with the Football League Under-21 game, with games such as this cheaper for youngsters. It's good to encourage that, rather than having armchair fans who cannot afford prices.

It's unfortunate that this is a second positive test for Chelsea.

In cricket there has been a long history of sledging between England and Australia,

If he can stay clear of injury and he continues to develop the way he has, there is no end to what he can achieve.

These individuals have all shown outstanding team work and determination during their professional careers - I know they are dedicated to making the PFA Borneo Cup 2006 a huge success, by ensuring that their teams complete the challenge and raise the funds to provide life-altering equipment for the beneficiaries of Children Today.

This has everything to do with that investigation into the Roseville-based Capitol Com-passionate Care.

All I know is they're looking to take stronger action now,

The commission have said to us they will not come to any agreement without our approval,

I know so many players who say they wouldnt entertain coaching, until they retire that is, and then they want to take their coaching badges. I suspect this might happen with David Beckham.

Nobody could say it is not gross misconduct to fight on the pitch with team-mates and get yourself sent off.

People will look at Bowyer and Woodgate and say 'Well, there's no mud without flames'.