Arsenal (Retreating Defence): Arsenal Quotes

Happy New Year (2016), ArsenalFamily! They say that Dreams come true and Patience pays: Well then, I wish by 2018 Arsenal will have won the UEFA Champions League. If they don't, then I will keep dreaming.

"Whenever Arsenal loses or draws after leading, SportsNews becomes less exciting. Happiness is when Arsenal scores a Goal or Equaliser or wins a Game!" - AIKO

You can copy that as a Quote from a Gooner, but below are inspiring sayings by Gunners plus extra proverbs:

“To be successful, you have to have that Winning Mentality…” - CHARLIE GEORGE (Scorer of the dramatic late Winner in the 1971 FA Cup Final against Liverpool)

"Once an Arsenal man, always an Arsenal man..." - BOB WILSON

“As a Goalkeeper, you are the last Line of Defence. When a Goal goes in, everyone looks at you, you’ve got to be able to deal with that…” – DAVID SEAMAN

“We’ll just keep on scoring now…” – IAN WRIGHT (Lyrics in “Hot Stuff”, the 1998 Arsenal Song)

“Play for the Name on the Front of the Shirt, and they will remember the Name on the Back…” - TONY ADAMS

“Nobody will finish above us in the League. It wouldn’t surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the Season…” - ARSENE WENGER, the Invincible One (after 2002 Double but before 2003 season)

“When I think of Arsenal, my Favourite Personal Memory is scoring my first Goal for the Club – away to Lazio in the Champions League. It was important because when you join a new Club, you really want to score your first Goal. It is where everything started for me at this Club…” - ROBERT PIRES

“I really like Arsenal. But you, do you really like Arsenal? Or just with Trophies?” - DENNIS BERGKAMP

“Lads, it’s Time to snap out of it…” - PATRICK VIEIRA (Captain of the Invincibles giving Arsenal’s Half-time Team Talk while trailing 1-2 against Liverpool at Highbury on Good Friday 9^th April 2004. The preceeding Weekend, Manchester United had knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup. Midweek, Chelsea knocked Arsenal out of the Champions League at Highbury and it was about to be three Defeats in a row. But the Gunners refused to lose and beat the Kop 4-2 before finishing the season unbeaten)

“Arsenal is my Paradise…” - THIERRY HENRY

"I am Gooner..." - ANDREI ARSHAVIN

"Once a Gunner, always a Gunner…" - CESC FABREGAS

"A Team can attack for too long. The Most Opportune Time for scoring is immediately after repelling an Attack, because Opponents are then strung out in the wrong Half of the Field. All the Men are expected to play to plan, but not so as to stifle Individuality...
"It is laid down by Law that the Team who score the most Goals win..." - HERBERT CHAPMAN

"I’m a Gunner…
"Ya Gunners Ya...” - MESUT OEZIL

"Oh ya…" - KIERAN GIBBS

"Once you’re in the Game, you forget about the Outside World. You play better when you don’t think about anything…" - HECTOR BELLERIN

“I have dreamt of this Day for many Years as a young Kid coming through and it hasn’t quite sunk in yet…” - AARON RAMSEY, about scoring the Winner when Arsenal came from 0-2 down to beat Hull City 3-2 after extra time in the 2014 FA Cup Final

“I had a look at the Keeper and I was thinking that he was a bit too much forward from his Line. I tried instinctively to shoot and to hit the Target. I was a bit lucky but that’s what I wanted to do…” - OLIVIER GIROUD (about his spectacular Goal in the 2014 Community Shield to make it 3-0 from the Bench for Arsenal against Manchester City)

"The Worst about, uh, in London is Tottenham..." - TOMAS ROSICKY

"Remember who you are, what you are and who you represent..." - DAVID ROCASTLE

“The positive Person is the one who falls, gets up, smiles at Life and says: ‘Here I go again’.” – ALEXIS SANCHEZ

Cech made his 170th Record-passing Clean Sheet in a 2-0 Win against Bournemouth

“When I was a Kid, I looked up to every Goalkeeper… I tried to take the Best of everyone for myself and try to work on what to improve…” - PETR CECH (on The Final Whistle – Facebook Show following the 2-1 Win over Manchester City , the Match after Cech equaled the 169 Clean Sheet Record held by David James)

"My Legs were shaking..." - ROBIN VAN PERSIE, after scoring his Penalty for Arsenal in the 2005 FA Cup Final Shootout against Manchester United [(0(5), 0(4) a.e.t.], his first Season/ He later became the Premiership Player with the Record of Most Consecutive Away Games with a Goal Scored (9) in 2010 before moving to Old Trafford as probably the Hottest Gunner to cross there during the Premier League Era

“Arsenal is one of these Teams that everyone enjoys watching and of course I would love to play for such a great Team…” – MOHAMED ELNENY

"The deeper the Foundations, the stronger the Fortress..." - EMIRATES STADIUM

QUOTES ABOUT ARSENAL
"Arsenal would be a good Team to play for..." - PELE

"Arsenal is just an interesting Club, the only Club in the World which made Messi admit he'd leave Barca for..." - PEP GUARDIOLA

"If even a little Part of you doesn't enjoy a Goal like that, you shouldn't be in Football..." - KEVIN KEEGAN, after watching his Manchester City Side undone by a 30 yard Thierry Henry Thunderbolt with an Assist from Robert Pires in the Rain

“He will save them 12 or 15 Points a Season…” - JOHN TERRY, about Petr Cech’s Move from Chelsea to Arsenal

"I like to watch Arsenal…" - ANDREA PIRLO, 2006 World Cup Winner with Italy

"We are Top of the League…" - MR. BULLY (Arsenal Fan)

"Arsenal is one of the Best Clubs in the World, in terms of Transition…" - LUIS ENRIQUE, Barcelona Manager at a Press Conference after Messi’s Brace downed the Gunners in the 2016 UEFA Champions League Last 16 First Leg at the Emirates

He (Arsene Wenger) is a Specialist in Failure... - JOSE MOURINHO (The Special One)

ARSENAL ACADEMY (PROVERBIAL LESSONS)
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