5 Jimmy Hill Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jimmy Hill

British Athlete

Born: Jul 22, 1928

Died: Dec 19, 2015

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I'm delighted when Scotland qualify either for the World Cup or the European Championship. I always take a vested interest in Scotland's result, and it creates the opportunity for a drink in our house when they do well. Jimmy Hill

There was a time in my life when I was travelling to football grounds five days a week. Combined with TV work and the hours spent driving to different venues as well as watching the game, it took up an enormous chunk of my life. But I'm getting older, and those days are long gone. Jimmy Hill

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I was brought up in the Boys' Brigade and grew up not swearing. It's so lovely to behave decently, civilly. Jimmy Hill

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Not a lot of people know I wrote the lyrics for the Arsenal club song, 'Good Old Arsenal'. We had a competition on ITV for it, and none of the entries were any good, so I approached their manager, Bertie Mee, and asked him if he would let me have a stab. He did, and within a few weeks they were singing it at Wembley on the way to the 1971 double. Jimmy Hill

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Tradition means nothing. It's about what you do tomorrow as a football club, not what you did yesterday. Jimmy Hill

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