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. – Alan Hansen
I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys’ teams. – Alan Hansen
I played against the Brazilians in ’82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup. – Alan Hansen
These guys live and breathe football; they get something out of going to the training ground every day. – Alan Hansen
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. – Alan Hansen
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! – Alan Hansen
I had no plans once I finished my football career, which was a problem, so I had to go looking for work. Television was the one area that it was easier to get a job than anywhere else. – Alan Hansen
Potentially he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary. – Alan Hansen
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. – Alan Hansen
I hear people saying ‘the way the game should be played’. Rubbish. That’s the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played. – Alan Hansen
We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half good and then you go and play against a side like that! – Alan Hansen
I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn’t ambitious. – Alan Hansen
The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more. – Alan Hansen
I wouldn’t say they’re neglected, but everybody is going to grow old and we should be looking after the older generation more than we do at the moment. – Alan Hansen
The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are. – Alan Hansen
Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again. – Alan Hansen
When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that’s a fantasy. – Alan Hansen
Even though they won’t finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season. – Alan Hansen
What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch. – Alan Hansen