I enjoy making the decisions..

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

I don't want to portray myself as a hardman in management or anything like that..

Suddenly, I win the derby and people are talking about England again. It is absolutely pathetic.

Make no mistake, you would prefer to work for someone who is going to put their arm around you at times and lift you..

In a utopia you want to win matches by several goals and by playing a wonderful brand of football. But that's utopia..

It would be absolute folly to rule myself out of any job..

It can be a bit of a hindrance when you walk into a restaurant for a quiet meal and one or two launch into 'psycho, psycho'!.

I may be able to put a good book tape on in the car on the way home and I will have a smile on my face..

There is a set of rules and a code of conduct that I believe that you should adhere to in life..

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 am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility..

His return gives England another key to its bow..

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

I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open..

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

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 w….

Glenn is going to bring a couple of sumo costumes down so we might have a dust-up in the technical area, that should make good TV.

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 a….

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