I have a big job on my hands now, there is no mistaking that, but I feel as though I have calmness within myself. (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)

Be careful not to give your child the impression that you love her perfect, performing parts more than you do her mediocre, stumbling parts.

Life is a tragedy. so, walk through it with a dam SMILE

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

You can’t just want to die. You have to live it.

The best way to learn how to become trustworthy is to study other trustworthy people.

Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round.

Be what you would seem to be.

If you're looking for monogamy, you'd better marry a swan.

I start early in the morning. I'm usually out in the woods with the dog as soon as it gets light; then I drink a whole lot of tea and start as early as I can, and I go as long as I can.

Take Wrigley's Chewing Gum. I don't think the Internet is going to change how people chew gum.