Steve Nicol Quotes


You evolve as a player the older you get and the wiser you get. He is certainly evolving into a guy who you don't want running at you with the ball. That's the simplest way of putting it. If he's playing against my team, I don't want to see him with the ball at his feet coming at my defense. He's always looking for the ball, always looking for the mistake. - Steve Nicol



You can say we're not champions. That was the objective. - Steve Nicol



You almost have to slap [Joseph] in the back of the head to get him off the field. - Steve Nicol



Whether it's a wonder goal, whether it's a deflected goal, whether it's an own goal -- we just need to get a break. - Steve Nicol



We've scored all kinds of goals this year. We've scored some lovely goals passing and moving and some lovely individual play. And we've scored some scruffy goals. - Steve Nicol



We've definitely tried to take the romance out of the game. You don't want to be thinking about playoffs and finals and the like. We want to do away with that, and put it down to your professionalism, ability and concentration all the things that we've done all season. Just try and make it another game. - Steve Nicol