A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.'

The real revelation of a player's character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life I can hide my real personality.

Their diet is basically boiled vegetables, fish and rice. No fat, no sugar. You notice when you live there that there are no fat people.

Sometimes now, when I watch continental games on television, I'm a bit bored. I ask, 'where is the intensity?'

I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always.

You weren’t world-class when Arsenal signed you.

When I first came to Arsenal, I realised the back four were all university graduates in the art of defending. As for Tony Adams, I consider him to be a doctor of defence. He is simply outstanding.