“They are a club of Champions League stature and, when someone like Guus Hiddink calls, you listen to what is said.”
Michael Ball
“Bayern Munich were favorites after thrashing Sporting Lisbon 12-1. The Nou Camp is not the same as Lisbon. Teams get destroyed and never look back to the occasion that they were in the Champions League”
Uzair Shafique
“Chelsea were good contenders to win the UEFA Cup, Mourinho took over and became the Special One, the next season they were favorites to win the Treble.”
“Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young”
Antony Jay
“When you look at what we trot out there and you look at our physical stature you'd think, well, I don't know. But we do play awfully well together and we've got some basketball skills; we can pass it, we can shoot it and we try to guard you. When you've won 21 ballgames in January, you've got to be a pretty good team.”
Dick Corn
“You have to do something in this league to attain stature. And then, with that, comes respect. Respect from a lot of different avenues. This is nothing but positive for us.”
Dave McGinnis
“When a guy like that with that stature -- who has coached some of the greatest linebackers in the game -- for him to say that means a lot to me.”
Buster Davis