If they hadn't scored, we would've won.

If they hadn't scored, we would've won.

Managers are obsessed with the game. It's very, very difficult, if not impossible, to live a balanced lifestyle.

The chairmen of the largest companies in the world can cancel an appointment or move a board meeting; a manager cannot change the date of a game. In the combined 42 years that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have managed in English football, I can only remember one occasion when Sir Alex did not attend a Manchester United game.

You can go to the pictures or read a book, but football constantly comes back into your mind. It's not a job, it's a life. It takes up your time, thoughts and energy and it can damage relationships with those around you.

If you hire people who are smarter than you, maybe you are showing that you are a little bit smarter than them.

As one door closes, another one shuts.