The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor?
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.
In a utopia you want to win matches by several goals and by playing a wonderful brand of football. But that's utopia.
I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.
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)
My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can.
I'm not easily offended. I have a pretty high tolerance for raunchiness or shock value, so I'm the wrong person to use as a gauge.
I think God wants us to love Him more, not to love others less.
. . . if you wish to get pure air into your room, or if you go for a walk in the fresh air, think of the pure and of the unclean heart. Many of us like to have pure air in the room (and this is an excellent habit), or are fond of walking in the fresh air, but they do not even think of the necessity of the purity of the spirit or heart (of, so to say, spiritual air, the breath of life); and, living in the fresh air, they allow themselves to indulge in impure thoughts, impure movements of the heart, and even impurity of language, and most impure carnal actions.