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Quinton Fortune Quotes

born 1977 South Africa

Quinton Fortune (born 21 May 1977) is a South African professional soccer coach and former player, who played as a midfielder or left-back. After stints with Mallorca and Atlético Madrid, he settled with Manchester United in 1999 and spent seven years there, winning a Premier League title, FA Community Shield and Intercontinental Cup.

South Africa
Soccer players

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It was very hard to be apart from my family in another country that at that time I barely knew.

When the day comes that you stop playing, you have to get to know the person all over again

Hey, you don't need four cars because you can only drive one’

They can access it once they are 40 or 50. It should be law

You reward that person for what they have done

Creating academies could be an answer.

So many footballers also fall into the trap of trying to live the same lifestyle in retirement as they did while playing.

Not being able to play football was very hard for me. Another challenge obviously was when I moved to the UK at 14.

I came from nothing, so when I got money, I went a little bit crazy

Otherwise I think that it’s very important for a football player who plays at this level to be surrounded by the right people and I think for me It wasn’t always the case, which has created the biggest challenge in my life.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Quinton Fortune (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.