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I have been lucky - lucky in those who were around me from the boardroom to the dressing-room. In time of stress, their unstinted support, unbroken devotion to our club and calmness in adversity eased the task of making Rangers FC the premier club in this country.

To be a Ranger is to sense the sacred trust of upholding all that such a name means in this shrine of football. They must be true in their conception of what the Ibrox tradition seeks from them. No true Ranger has ever failed in the tradition set him.

Our very success, gained you will agree by skill, will draw more people than ever to see it. And that will benefit many more clubs than Rangers. Let the others come after us. We welcome the chase. It is healthy for us. We will never hide from it. Never fear, inevitably we shall have our years of failure, and when they arrive, we must reveal tolerance and sanity. No matter the days of anxiety that come our way, we shall emerge stronger because of the trials to be overcome. That has been the philosophy of the Rangers since the days of the gallant pioneers.

I am of Rangers and I'll stay of Rangers until I die.

All from Bill Struth :D

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Football Quotes

"I've told the players we need to win so that I can have the cash to buy some new ones"

Chris Turner, Peterborough manager, before LC QF, 1992.

"Tell the Kraut to get his ass up front. We don't pay a million for a guy to hang around in defence."

NY Cosmos executive, on Beckenbauer's positioning.

"I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest just squandered"

George Best.

"If we played like that every week we wouldn't be so inconsistent"

Bryan Robson, Man U, 1990.

"That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on."

John Lambie, Partick Thistle manager, when told a concussed striker did not know who he was.

"I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area, for goalies is between their legs"

ANDY GRAY, SkySport

Richard Keys : Well Roy, do you think that you'll have to finish above Manchester United to win the league?

Roy Evans : You have to finish above everyone to win the league, Richard.

"If you can't stand the heat in the dressing-room, get out of the kitchen."

TERRY VENABLES, Capital Gold

"It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday."

(Radio 5 Live)

"Football today, it's like a game of chess. It's all about money."

(NEWCASTLE UNITED FAN, Radio 5 Live)

"I don't believe in luck... but I do believe you need it."

ALAN BALL

"Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's won't be any different."

TREVOR BROOKING

"Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead."

TOM FERRIE

"And I honestly believe we can go all the way to Wembley...unless somebody knocks us out."

DAVE BASSETT

"And Arsenal now have plenty of time to dictate the last few seconds."

PETER JONES

"What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal."

JIMMY HILL

"Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins."

BRIAN MOORE

"Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer."

DAVID ACFIELD

"What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio"

GERRY FRANCIS

"John Harkes going to Sheffield, Wednesday"

New York Post (1993)

"If there weren't such a thing as football, we'd all be frustrated footballers."

Mick Lyons

"He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head"

Derek Johnstone - BBC TV Scotland (1994)

"The crowd think that Todd handled the ball.... they must have seen something that nobody else did"

Barry Davies (1975)

"I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel"

Stuart Pearce (1992)

Jimmy Hill: Don't sit on the fence Terry, what chance do you think Germany has got of getting through?

Terry Venables: I think it's fifty - fifty

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From the one and only Kevin Keegan:

"They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Highway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different"

"The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game"

"England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second to none"

"I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona"

"The tide is very much in our court now"

"You can play with a one armed goalkeeper...not at this level"

"At the Argentina game, how would you have guessed that Darren Anderton would have gone off with cramp?"

"I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different"

"I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is. But the onus is on us to perform and we must control the bandwagon"

"In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg"

"The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful"

"I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time"

"Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late 20s or 30s and sometimes not even then. Or so it would appear. To me anyway. Don't you think the same?"

"I don't think they're as good as they are"

"For some it's the ultimate job. For the others it's the last job"

"I'm not disappointed - just disappointed"

"He can't speak Turks, but you can tell he's delighted"

"There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight"

"Despite his white boots, he has pace and aggression"

"We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half"

"I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again"

"You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw"

"He's using his strength and that is his strength, his strength"

Young Gareth Barry - he's young"

"Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they're from South America"

"You don't get two chances at this level - or any other level for that matter"

"There's a slight doubt about only one player, and that's Tony Adams, who won't be playing tomorrow"

"You can't play with a one armed goalkeeper... not at this level"

"We don't get any marks for effort like in ice-skating"

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