Scottish Quotes

The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.

The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

Potentially he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary.

Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.

It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be.

In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.

I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious.

I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.

I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go.

I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.

I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it.

I don't expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in previous seasons, I think Manchester City are the biggest club.

Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out.

Even though they won't finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season.

He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing.

Truth, like a torch, the more it's shook it shines.

The infinite God can not by us, in the present limitation of our faculties, be comprehended or conceived.

I simply can't believe nice communities release effluents.

Concrete is, essentially, the color of bad weather.

Britain is not a country that is easily rocked by revolution... In Britain our institutions evolve. We are a Fabian Society writ large.

The will of the world is never the will of God.

I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.

I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.

I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.

I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.

I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home.

I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.

Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.

Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.