A biography for Alan Pardewhasn’t been written yet.
“The spokesman at Newcastle, unfortunately, was mainly me. I had to manage the football club.”
“I'm the football manager. I make all the football decisions that evolve around the game that's being played on a Saturday.”
“I've been a manager in the Premier League for many years and you do become conservative when you're in that bottom section. There's so much stress, because it is so important and there's so much scrutiny.”
“If you're in the middle of a field, surrounded by armies, left right and centre, you can't just say: 'I've had enough now, sorry.'”
“In my world, I have to keep my counsel at times, accept players are going to criticise various things, accuse you of various things. Sometimes you react, sometimes you don't.”
“The AZ captain Teun Koopmeiners, a left-footed centre back who can sit in midfield, is probably the best player in Holland in defensive areas.”
“I'm the football manager of Newcastle, which is owned by Mike Ashley.”
“I didn't listen to half of the criticism I received. I just didn't let it enter my brain.”
“Americans are analytical in their sports, which are very stop-start, so the numbers tend to add up. That's why Moneyball works for baseball. It doesn't work so well for football because it's a fluid game.”
“For anything in your life, you have to be focused on what is the goal.”
“At West Ham I had a fantastic relationship with the board but I was really upset with them when they sold the club without telling me. I then had new owners I didn't get on particularly well with.”
“If I'm going to work in Holland I would like to have more of a chance to do something in the league, because a Europa League place might be slightly easier to target than in England.”
“A player's mentality is very important. The five or 10 per cent where they're not focused because of wanting to go somewhere is enough for them to haul off their quality. It impacts on everything. So, as a board and manager, you have to make a decision.”