Quotes by Chris Wilder - Page 1

I still live in the city. I still jump on the bus.
Chris Wilder /
Jump
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I never had a dream of being in the Premier League.
Chris Wilder /
Dream
League
Premier League
Premier
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Certainly Sheffield United have been a good fit for me.
Chris Wilder /
Sheffield
Certainly
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I'm not bothered how people feel. This is a real tough sport.
Chris Wilder /
Bothered
Tough
People Feel Real
Sport
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I can't stop people talking and linking me with teams I've played for.
Chris Wilder /
Me People Stop
Linking
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You can't sit back, rest on laurels and think about the past - what the journey has been.
Chris Wilder /
Laurels
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I'm delighted with the experiences I've had and I've had some experiences to say the least!
Chris Wilder /
Delighted
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Obviously my knowledge of the game has improved but I've tried to keep true to what I believe in.
Chris Wilder /
Improved
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Sheffield has everything as far as I'm concerned and the football club is right in the heart of it.
Chris Wilder /
Sheffield
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Togetherness is huge. I just can't see anybody getting results in team sport without being together.
Chris Wilder /
Huge
Results
Team
Together
Anybody
Without
Getting
Sport
See
Team Sport
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I have a short-term view, just keep going game after game. The position we end up will be what we deserve.
Chris Wilder /
Deserve
Position
Short Term
View
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We used to get into other players' heads mentally and physically. In my day it was me versus you, my future versus your future.
Chris Wilder /
Versus
Mentally
Heads
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Sometimes I get recognised and sometimes I don't. The bus drivers will sometimes stop to try and get a selfie at peak times with traffic all around you!
Chris Wilder /
Bus
Drivers
Traffic
Peak
Recognised
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Everyone has their own background and some managers are Premier League footballers, international footballers, some of them find themselves getting jobs.
Chris Wilder /
Managers
Premier League
Footballers
Premier
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In winning cycles you're linked with everything or if you lose a few games on the bounce there is talk of you going. I just put my head down and get on with it.
Chris Wilder /
Bounce
Cycles
Linked
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I've always said that I'm an employee and I respect that status but I'm the type of guy who walks in the front door and I'll walk out the front door if it's not right.
Chris Wilder /
Employee
Type
Walks
Door
Front Door
Status
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I've come a different path to some and, while I respect everyone else's 100 per cent, I'm proud of mine. I'm proud of where I've come from and where I am trying to get to.
Chris Wilder /
Cent
Different Path
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I don't want it to be comfortable for players to step in, stroll about and walk away with three points. But there won't be any old-school flat balls, cold tea or wet floors.
Chris Wilder /
Cold
Comfortable
Wet
Floors
Step
Stroll
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I'm one who will go and have a beer with my pals on a Sunday afternoon. I'll go on a Friday night and have an hour with my pals, lads that I've knocked about with for 20-25 years.
Chris Wilder /
Afternoon
Beer
Friday
Friday Night
Pals
Sunday
Lads
Sunday Afternoon
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I've come across people who look smart in a suit who haven't really got a lot underneath. Football is an unforgiving business and you're easily found out if you're a bit of a fraud.
Chris Wilder /
Business
Football
Fraud
Smart
Unforgiving
Across
Bit
Easily
Suit
Underneath
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That was how I felt at non-league. I never looked at it then and said, 'I want to be a Premier League manager one day'. I just wanted to do a good job and see where it could take me.
Chris Wilder /
Good Job
Premier League
Good Me Day
Premier
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There is a lot of crap spoken about footballers being nomads but when you get to a club and you create a spirit, there is no doubt players want to do well for their team-mates and club.
Chris Wilder /
No Doubt
Footballers
Spoken
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Dave Bassett was a key influence on me, the way he treated and talked to people. Wimbledon and Sheffield United were quite direct sides and he got the best out of what he had, but he was an innovator.
Chris Wilder /
Dave
Sheffield
Sides
Wimbledon
Best Me People
Talked
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We are not trying to reinvent the wheel. Sometimes it goes well, sometimes you have your off days. We have a way of going about things. Basically we are positive people trying to improve players and teams.
Chris Wilder /
Reinvent
Reinvent The Wheel
Wheel
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The job is always with you, 24/7. I played over 400 games as a player and the highs aren't as high when you win and when you're a player the low isn't as low when you get beaten. It really spikes and dips as a manager.
Chris Wilder /
Beaten
Dips
Highs
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I don't want it to be a holiday camp, but it shouldn't be a concentration camp either. It is about getting the balance right with my relationship with them. I will do anything for the players but I'm not their pal as well.
Chris Wilder /
Concentration
Holiday
Pal
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My players have to be competitors before footballers. They don't pull out of tackles in training. It's full-tilt and if we pick up injuries, we pick up injuries. They have to give everything on the pitch and leave it all out there.
Chris Wilder /
Competitors
Training
Footballers
Injuries
Pick
Pull
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My first job was at Alfreton Town and the chairman backed the club. He wanted to win so it made the job easier. I then went to Halifax, where I turned up and there was no balls, no training ground, no players. I had the other side of it.
Chris Wilder /
Balls
Chairman
Easier
Training
Backed
Club
First Job
Training Ground
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It all goes back to the players putting everything out on the pitch. They commit to the game, so the support gets behind them straight away. They don't see half-hearted performances, they don't see people that are not running around. They see players competing, putting in the effort and enthusiasm.
Chris Wilder /
Commit
Competing
Enthusiasm
Half Hearted
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