If you hire people who are smarter than you, maybe you are showing that you are a little bit smarter than them.

You can go to the pictures or read a book, but football constantly comes back into your mind. It's not a job, it's a life. It takes up your time, thoughts and energy and it can damage relationships with those around you.

Once Tony Daley opens his legs you've got a problem.

If they hadn't scored, we would've won.

Managers are obsessed with the game. It's very, very difficult, if not impossible, to live a balanced lifestyle.

The chairmen of the largest companies in the world can cancel an appointment or move a board meeting a manager cannot change the date of a game. In the combined 42 years that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have managed in English football, I can only remember one occasion when Sir Alex did not attend a Manchester United game.

Gary Speed was honourable, trustworthy and a joy to manage. He was honest, he was a role model and he was a great bloke. An avid learner, he recognised responsibility and he was always fully committed.

I'm a firm believer that if the other side scores first, you have to score twice to win.

Zinedine Zidane could be a champion sumo wrestler. He can run like a crab or a gazelle.

As one door closes, another one shuts.

There’s only two types of manager. Those who’ve been sacked and those who will be sacked in then future