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I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.

Bobby Robson

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Bobby Robson
Age: 76 †
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
Died: 2009
Died: July 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Soccer Player
Durham
Robert William Robson
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Pianist
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We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level.
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He's the only man I know who could start an argument with himself. (on Craig Bellamy)
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