Quotes by scottish authors

You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary. Gordon Ramsay

You Arrogant Extraordinary Know French How

I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate. Gordon Ramsay

Success Key Key To Success Security Fine Suppose Success Is Your Palate

I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God's sake, not a television personality. Gordon Ramsay

God Me Personality Television Kids See Sake Want Dad

It's very hard when you eat out every day for a living, and a new restaurant comes along and you haven't got that same vigour that you had 10 years ago. Gordon Ramsay

Day You Every Day Living Every Out Restaurant Eat Had New Along Got Years Years Ago Very Same Hard Vigour

I am a grafter. Gordon Ramsay

Am

It's vulgar, coming from where I do, to talk about money. Gordon Ramsay

Money About Talk Vulgar Coming Where

I'd like to think I'm a great teacher. Gordon Ramsay

Teacher Great Think Like Great Teacher

I've got nothing to hide. Gordon Ramsay

Hide Nothing Got

Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it. Gordon Strachan

You You Can Do It Yourself Sometimes Matter Own Despair Back Point Know Got Go Personal Happens Depths Your Forward

I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve. Gordon Strachan

Good You Matter Control Think Striving Response Able Guys Feel Like Know Because Always How Improve Trying Want Which Coach Working Who Players Need

Do I miss football in Scotland? It keeps you really alive, that's for sure. Your heartbeat fluctuates. I'm flatlining at the moment which is actually quite nice but you need to go up and down to stay alive. Gordon Strachan

I did think there were one or two referees who had a personal thing against me. It wasn't them versus Celtic - it was them against me! I just think they wanted to take me on. Gordon Strachan

Me Think One Or Two Take Had Were Versus Did Personal Celtic Just Wanted Against Personal Thing Them Who Thing Two

I think what I've actually achieved as a manager does sometimes get a bit overlooked, because all people think about is the media side of things. They tend to forget I've not done so bad. Gordon Strachan

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players. Gordon Strachan

Good Me You People Good People Believe Make Want Players Need

I'm afraid that this is me getting on my high horse now but we have yob television, yob newspapers, and funny enough whereas it was my mum and dad, school, police, church who used to set the standards, now it's tabloids and yob television who set the standards by which people live. Gordon Strachan

Funny Me People School Police Church Live Enough Television High Tabloids Horse Getting Afraid Whereas Which Newspapers Used Standards Who Dad Now Mum Mum And Dad Set

People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it. Gordon Strachan

People Press Bad About Bad Press Footballers Talk Get Them Deserve

You need responsibility in life. Gordon Strachan

Life You Responsibility Need

Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences. Gordon Waller

Elvis Elvis Presley Brothers Greatest Were Lot American Artists Influences

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on. Gordon Waller

Good Lyrics Melody Idea Expand Good Idea

I didn't want to be anyone else. Gordon Waller

Else Want Anyone Anyone Else

I have done hard jobs in the past, and acting isn't one of them. Graham McTavish

Past Jobs Done In The Past Them Acting Hard