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Dwight Yorke
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Quotes by Dwight Yorke
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I remember when we were playing Liverpool away from home and we recorded one shot in the whole match. That's not Man United. You want people go out and express themselves.
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I've done all the coaching badges at St George's and the one thing I find very difficult, let alone get a job, is to even get an interview.
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But would I give up the women and nights out for another year at United? Would that make me happy? Would that make me the person I am today? I'm not sure. I have no regrets. I went to United to win things and I achieved that.
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In my time you had to be the main man year after year to be able to demand respect at your club, but now it's too easy because of the financial rewards on offer.
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Look to the Premier League. Are there any black managers? Look at the Italian league? Are there any black managers? The list goes on.
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I see managers with my own eyes walking out of jobs and then walking into jobs, getting sacked and then walking back into another job... yet we can't even get an interview.
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But to have to have the opportunity to travel to all of these countries, drink some nice wine, see the other side of the culture of these countries I've been to, it's nice.
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My first three years at United were pretty much flawless. In the first we won the treble and I finished top scorer: I was walking on cloud nine. I came back the next year and scored 26 goals.
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It's often been discussed, no-one has really taken it up, but I do have a tendency when I speak to everybody, certainly black players who are trying to break into managerial department are coming up against the same concept because of your race.
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If you are on the front foot playing attacking football and you want to score goals, that is what people want to pay money to watch.
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