Robson...a legend.

It's always sad to read about legends passing on, but even more so about Sir Bobby Robson. Robson was, and still is the only manager to take England the farthest in a World Cup on foreign soil. Robson had great passion for football, he was a winner with Barcelona and Porto. He was just a legend in his own right. He was respected by managers and players all over the world, and loved by England fans.
Sir Alex Ferguson said this about Robson:

"I was never too big or proud to ask him for advice which he gave freely and unconditionally. And I'm sure I am speaking for a lot of people when I say that.
"In my 23 years working in England there is not a person I would put an inch above Bobby Robson. I mourn the passing of a great friend, a wonderful individual, a tremendous football man and somebody with passion and knowledge of the game that was unsurpassed.
"His character was hewn out of the coal face, developed by the Durham mining background that he came from. His parents instilled in him the discipline and standards which forged the character of a genuinely colossal human being. He added his own qualities to that which then he passed on to his sons.
"The strength and courage he showed over the past couple of years when battling against his fifth bout of cancer was indescribable. Always a smile, always a friendly word with never a mention of his own problems.
"The world, not just the football world, will miss him. Let's hope it won't be long before another like him turns up because we could never get enough of them."

R.I.P Sir Bobby Robson. We will miss you.