If you give a bad player time, he can play. If you give a good player time, he can kill you.

Statistics and numbers are no good unless you have good people to analyse and then interpret their meaning and importance.

A player's character is a crucial factor I look into before committing to signing them. They also need to show a willingness to learn, regardless of age and experience; that's very important to me.

When you've got the ball 65-70% of the time, it's a football death for the other team...It's death by football.

I was surprised we were playing in Manchester and have a referee from Greater Manchester.

If one day I go to a game and I don't feel I can win, maybe I don't go.

My biggest mentor is myself because I've had to study, so that's been my biggest influence.