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.

People who work make the world live better and to reward these people well is normal. Yet they are not the people who are the wealthiest.

I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.

You build a player like you build a house. You start with the foundations. The fundamentals.

Of course, we also have the responsibility to win games and the difficulty in the job is to combine both.

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.

It's a strange atmosphere always over there, it is darker and less glamorous, and you don't feel as high. It is a different kind of test - can you raise your level in a less exciting environment and perhaps still a very difficult one?