I am supposed to take the bullets and absorb them. Like a bear, a polar bear.

The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football.

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.'

If you eat caviar every day it's difficult to return to sausages.

I think we live in a very competitive world, and I love competition.

One of the things I discovered in Japan was from watching sumo wrestling. At the end you can never tell who has won the fight, and who has lost, because they do not show their emotion because it could embarrass the loser. It is unbelievable. That is why I try to teach my team politeness. It is only here in England that everybody pokes their tongue out when they win.

When I arrive at the gates of Heaven the Good Lord will ask ‘what did you do in your life?’ I will respond ‘I tried to win football matches.’ He will say: ‘Are you certain that’s all?’ But, well, that’s the story of my life.