"If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass in the sky."

"They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job."

"Of course we discuss the big decisions. We talk about them for a while and he eventually agrees I'm right."

Grass in the Sky is a tribute to Old Big 'Ead in his own words - a collection of the best Brian Clough quotes from his early days as a player at Middlesbrough through the glory days at Derby County and Nottingham Forest to his musings on retirement and mortality.

Compiled by football journalist Alex Murphy, Grass in the Sky also contains archive pictures of Clough the player and manager. It's an essential book for the many football fans who have a lasting admiration and affection for the greatest ever English football manager.