"Daniel Levy has a favourite story about himself. It is from a parents' evening when he was 16 and the headteacher told his mother and father that he should leave school as he was not academic enough. "The next day I said to myself, 'I'm not going to be beaten'," Levy says. "From that moment onward, I got As in my exams and I went to university. I'm a fighter.""
"Spurs chief has stepped down after a long reign that saw him both lauded as a football operator and vilified This article was originally published on February 15 2025 before Daniel Levy announced he was stepping down as Spurs chairman. Daniel Levy has a favourite story about himself. It is from a parents' evening when he was 16 and the headteacher told his mother and father that he should leave school as he was not academic enough."
Daniel Levy stepped down as Tottenham Hotspur chairman after a long, polarizing reign that combined operational success with sharp public criticism. He cultivated a reputation as a determined, shrewd football operator whose decisions often attracted both praise and vilification. A formative anecdote underscores his combative self-image: at 16 a headteacher told his parents he was not academic enough, and Levy resolved, "I'm not going to be beaten." He subsequently achieved As, went to university and describes himself as a fighter. That determination informed his management style, willingness to take hard decisions and persistence in pursuing long-term club projects.
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