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Terry Venables quotes

'Everybody says Steve McManaman played on the left for me in Euro 96 but he never played on the left. The one time he did play on the left was against Switzerland.'

Jimmy Hill: "Don't sit on the fence Terry. What chance do you think Germany has got of getting through?”

Terry Venables: "I think it's fifty - fifty."

"You either win or you lose. There's no in between."

"If you can't stand the heat in the dressing-room, get out of the kitchen"

'The mere fact that he's injured stops him getting injured again, if you know what I mean'

"If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect the same thing again."

"Certain people are for me and certain people are pro me."

"He's got a great future ahead. He's missed so much of it."

"I felt a lump in my mouth as the ball went in"

“I had mixed feelings - like watching my mother in law drive over a cliff in your car.”

'It's understandable and I understand that.'

"It was never part of our plans not to play well, it just happened that way"

"Apart from their goals, Norway haven't scored"

"It may have been going wide, but nevertheless it was a great shot on target"

"They didn't change positions. They just moved the players around"

'I’ve been asked that question for the last six months. It is not fair to expect me to make such a fast decision on something that has been put upon me like that.'

"There are two ways of getting the ball. One is from your own team-mates, and that's the only way"

'If you can't outplay the opposition, you must outnumber them.'