Brenton's Top 10

International weeks are boring, so courtsey of Redcafe, I found these gems. Apologies if this has been done before, but they're unbelievable nonetheless.

1. "It was a perfect away performance, apart from the first 10 minutes."

2. “I’ve always said that you can live without water for many days, but you can’t live for a second without hope."

3. “My biggest mentor is myself because I’ve had to study, so that’s been my biggest influence."

4. “I am not a power freak."

5. “You train dogs, I like to educate players."

6. ‘I think there’s three players who will let us down this year — the cause, the fight, everything – and I have written them down already in these three envelopes. Make sure you are not in one of the envelopes."

7. "I use a quote with the players,“Per aspera ad astra", which is Latin for ‘through adversity to the stars’."

8. “When you’ve got the ball 65-70% of the time, it’s a football death for the other team. We’re not at that stage yet, but that’s what we will get to. It’s death by football. You just suck the life out of them."

9. “I will leave no stone unturned in my quest – and that quest will be relentless."

10. "We play with 11 men; other teams play with 10 men and a goalkeeper."

Numbers 3 and 7 are my personal favourites.


There's also this beauty:

"It is great for the public here at Sunderland to see us," he said after the game. "They must have been wondering what this team everyone is talking about are all about and now they have seen. We were wonderful. Our intention is always to pass teams to a standstill, but give credit to Sunderland, they defended ever so well when other teams might have wilted." Sunderland had just beaten Swansea 2-0.

What's your favourite?