| Name | Quote |
| HARRY REDKNAPP | Where are we in relation to Europe? Not far from Dover |
| HARRY REDKNAPP | With the foreign players it's more difficult. Most of them don't even bother with the golf, they don't want to go racing. They don't even drink |
| PETER REID | 'In football, if you stand still you go backwards.' |
| BRUCE RIOCH | 'We threw our dice into the ring and turned up trumps.' |
| BOBBY ROBSON | Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg. |
| BOBBY ROBSON | Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result. |
| BOBBY ROBSON | Daft as a brush [on Paul Gascoigne] |
| BOBBY ROBSON | Denis Law once kicked me at Wembley in front of the Queen in an international. I mean, no man is entitled to do that, really |
| BOBBY ROBSON | Eighteen months ago they [Sweden] were arguably one of the best three teams in Europe, and that would include Germany, Holland, Russia and anybody else if you like |
| BOBBY ROBSON | Everton will want to sedate Wayne Rooney and keep the boy calm, and that is the right thing to do. |
