I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge. (on being Manchester City manager)

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.

I do appreciate that the most important thing as manager is to get good results.

The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white.

I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.

But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.

I have seen the film The Alamo and right now I feel like I've got Davy Crockett behind me. Sometimes I feel like I could put my head in a bucket of water

I enjoy making the decisions.

Football's in my blood - and eventually I want to be the one making decisions.

Join the club. (to Robbie Fowler after the striker missed a penalty against Middlesbrough that cost Man City a European place)

We’re gonna make up for that. We’re gonna live a long time together.

Today is the most important day to start a new beginning. It will open the door of opportunity and reveal the holding.

When you are in love with someone you want to be near him all the time except when you are out buying things and charging them to him.

In order to perpetuate itself, every oppression must corrupt or distort those various sources of power within the culture of the oppressed that can provide energy for change.

Time is an ocean, but it ends at the shore.

I'm a Brewers fan. I was born in Milwaukee, so I'm all Wisconsin teams all day.

When you have something to do life will not allow you to ove foward until you do it.

The mind, if slackened even a little, will cause defeat, the same as fearing the opponent will make you unable to use full strength.

Nature has different times.

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