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It is about trying to entertain and win, that is the ultimate, but you have to keep winning first to change the things that need to change.
You have to make sure you lead from the front and put a brave face on it during the tough times to bring people with you and get out of it.
Success is built on organisation, determination, and experience, not to mention following the regulations, so of course it's no easy matter.
Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl, except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.
Dave Mackay was one of the best I've ever seen. Jimmy Greaves was the greatest goal scorer, and George Best was just the best. The greatest.
A pro at Bayern doesn't merely have to play football; he has a range of other appointments on behalf of the club. It all drains your energy.
If you want special results, you have to feel special things and do special things together. You can speak about spirit, or you can live it.
In the last few days when I was not even the manager of England my freedom was taken away from me and that is not the coaching I am used to.
I realised when I was a striker that when I ended up wide on the left or right, it can be so much easier to get space and face defenders up.
The reason you come to manage Newcastle is to be in front of 50-odd thousand every week, even if you might get a bit of stick along the way.
I enjoy my work. The reason I worked so hard all my life is because I want to be making big decisions and managing at the very highest level.
I agree with Arsene Wenger that finishing in the top four is the equivalent of winning a trophy - even if you don't get to parade silverware.
If you want to win the Champions League, you have to have talent, good players, luck in the draw, and, in certain moments, the right referee.
Trust is a big word for a manager. You expect certain standards and attitudes and they know if they lower those standards, I'll jump on them.
Working at Palace was one of the happiest episodes of my football career, even though the ending was one of the most upsetting and traumatic.
I can't say I ever got to the stage of swapping phone numbers with refs, but I don't have a problem with managers and referees communicating.
I just didn't want to walk away from football without knowing what it meant to be a manager, or even wondering what it was like to be sacked.
Criticism comes with Celtic. If you take it on board, it can make you ill, but if you think: 'No problem', it makes you really thick-skinned.
I've always been the same. I've had the same mentality ever since I was playing with my friends at school. I want to win. I only want to win.
It's the manager's job to always knock on the door, to always strive to improve, but there has to be a reasonable degree of common sense too.
I learned to be more flexible when I went from Chelsea to Tottenham. I always thought more in the long run without thinking in the short term.
Sometimes players are very fed up with my communication, but that's what I do, and they know how I think. But they know I am very transparent.
Having coached Ajax, Barcelona, the Netherlands, FC Bayern, and Manchester United like I did, it is difficult for any offer to be interesting.
I like to work on the pitch, and only in this way can you beat important teams. If you don't believe in yourself and your job, it's difficult.
Football is to be enjoyed and I've enjoyed my life in football for many years, it's the pinnacle of my career and I want to enjoy it the most.
Stoke-on-Trent - forget about the football club, or the people at the football club, and the supporters - Stoke-on-Trent is a wonderful place.
Damien is Damien. When I don't put him in the squad my mother, who's 84, asks 'why isn't Damien playing?' She kills me about it and that's true
At West Ham, I was never able to buy the top-flight players. It was a case of looking around, trying to do deals. I was always taking a gamble.
I regard Buffon as one of the best goalkeepers in the history of football. He is a legend for me, a fantastic man, and an excellent goalkeeper.
I've met some Evertonians in the street, and they've been friendly. I've had taxi drivers who have been Everton fans. They've been really nice.
When I was coach at Ajax, in the first half of the season, the players needed time to adapt to me, to know who I am as a person and as a coach.
I don't think it is wrong to have a bit of banter with refs. My Dad would always manage games by talking to players and so did I when I reffed.
Barcelona players are passing the ball at least 25 times to reach the goal, while Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso is doing this all in a single pass.
Everybody thinks they can do my job better than me, they always feel you've got to throw caution to the wind and that's the way supporters are.
When Andy Carroll first appeared on the scene he was a tall skinny kid and his coordination was all over the place. He reminded me of a giraffe.
Counter football is not something weak teams only can do by the way. It is sometimes said in a way as if counter football is inferior. It's not.
I would love to work with a young and upcoming coach somewhere and give him some experience. Something like Gerry Francis overseeing Tony Pulis.
My wife runs the house much better than I could so I think she could be a linesman or a referee or even a football manager and that's the truth.
When I was at Madrid, I knew even by the December of that season that I would be sacked, and if they hadn't dismissed me, I would have resigned.
I've always liked technical, creative central midfielders with the capacity to score goals, such as David Silva, Samir Nasri, and Santi Cazorla.
I never thought I'd rather watch England's cricketers batting for a draw than their footballers in the World Cup but it was a lot more exciting.
You can go to Old Trafford as Liverpool manager and get a draw, and it's not a bad result. At Celtic, there's an expectancy to win home and away.
I know how quickly it can all change. I nearly won the title at Liverpool, and everybody's saying, 'Sign him up' - then, very quickly, I was out.
It took time at Everton to build a team so that when we did go to United or Arsenal or Liverpool, we went with a good chance of getting a result.
I would never have left Everton for anybody but an ambitious football club. And I thought Manchester United would have given me that opportunity.
I would have to consider the U.S.A. job if I was approached because it's one of the big nations in world football, with massive growth potential.
You can't ring up another manager and say, 'Who do you think I should pick this week?' But you take the good and bad from people as you go along.
The situation with Anders Frisk is clear: he was threatened by the supporters of Chelsea, and he retired because he was in fear. This is serious.
Two wide men stuck out wide leave you very open in midfield, but it's a strength as well. Going forward, it makes you pretty dangerous to anyone.
Molde fits me very well; Man United fits me very well because it's in me. It's in your personality. It's ingrained in you. I understand the club.