It is one of my biggest regrets that Niall Quinn was not here during my time... I felt he was an intelligent player. It would have been a good combination with Thierry Henry. What I like with Quinn is if you look at the player who played next to him, he always scored 40 goals because he had a hand for his head and he just put the ball where you were. He was a team player. A top-class player makes other players look good and he had that player.

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.'

I am in a job where you always look in front of you. Unfortunately, the older you get, the less distance there is in front of you...

I am not against being pragmatic, because it is pragmatic to make a good pass, not a bad one. If I have the ball, what do I do with it? Could anybody argue that a bad solution like just kicking it away is pragmatic just because, sometimes, it works by accident?

Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home.

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

As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.