Coinciding with the release of ‘The Damned United’ Sport.co.uk thought they would have a look at some of the quotes that made ‘Old Big Ead’ one of the most revered and best loved managers in the history of the beautiful game.
"I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one"
The ever modest Brian Clough revealing who was the best in the business.
"I only ever hit Roy the once. He got up so I couldn't have hit him very hard"
Brian Clough reveals his unorthodox approach to dealing with so called hard man Roy Keane.
"We talk about it for 20 minutes and then we decide I was right"
Clough reveals his imitable man management skills, and how he dealt with unhappy players.
"For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn't got two of what I've got. And I don't mean balls"
Clough has a dig at Sir Alex Ferguson's failure to win two successive European Cups.
"I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud"
Never one to mince his words, Clough reveals his views on whether or not women should be allowed into the beautiful game.
"Anybody who can do anything in Leicester but make a jumper has got to be a genius"
Brian Clough reveals his admiration for his former Nottingham Forrest player Martin O'Neill, who used to manage Leicester City.
"Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive"
Clough always had a sense of humour even in the darkest days, as revealed by his first words having woken up from a life saving liver transplant.
“Telling the entire world and his dog how good a manager I was. I knew I was the best but I should have said nowt and kept the pressure off 'cos they'd have worked it out for themselves”
Clough’s arrogance was astounding, but it’s difficult to disagree.
“They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.”
Another Brian Clough sound bite that epitomises the man, and his famous self-belief.
“When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.”
While Clough was in his pomp, he was the self-proclaimed god of English football; here he once again shows his humorous arrogance.