Craig Johnston Quotes

Craig Johnston — South African Athlete born on June 25, 1960,

Craig Peter Johnston is an Australian former footballer and he is forever remembered by his fellow countrymen as one of the first Australians to make a big stamp in English and European football. He is remembered for his time spent with Liverpool throughout the 1980s. After retiring, he designed and created the prototype for Adidas' Predator football boot, worn by many footballers and rugby players... (wikipedia)

I've always had an inquisitive mind about everything from flowers to television sets to motor cars. Always pulled them apart - couldn't put 'em back, but always extremely interested in how things work.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

We were having a trial game against Leeds, and Jack Charlton was the boss of Middlesbrough at the time.

Now Jack Charlton wasn't wrong, I was a bad footballer.

So for a year I spent all my time hiding from Jack Charlton in the car park practising my skills.