Chris Coleman

“Of course training is very important, but resting is just as important. You have to get your recuperation, and I think all players make that mistake where they train hard but they don't rest enough, and even our school boy players, we tell them to get a lot of rest.”

“I can remember when I was a 17-year-old at Swansea and Terry Yorath and Tommy Hutchison were in charge.”

“Since I was five or six years old, I just wanted to be a professional football player. I wanted to play against the best players. I wanted to play in big stadiums in front of big crowds, and I was desperate to play for my country one day, and thankfully, I was lucky enough that happened.”

“I'm never content, and I don't know if that's a curse or a good thing.”

“I'm really happy for Sam Vokes. He doesn't always start, but he always turns up and works so hard.”

“I don't actually think about going down in history.”

“If you are a club manager and things are going well, it's a great feeling because you've got the whole city behind you. If you're manager of your country and it's going well - and you've got a whole nation proud of you - I can't describe how that feels.”

“Wales was a great pleasure. It's the biggest honor I've ever had, to lead my country.”

“There's not many Premier League clubs as big as Sunderland, with their fanbase and stadium and facilities.”

“As long as my guys are out there and doing what I'm asking, and they're giving their best, I don't think anybody can ask for much more than that.”

“I never played in a European Championship. I wasn't good enough.”

“I've never taken a bung, and I've never been approached to take one.”

“Ability-wise, when you see the best of Aaron Ramsey... at his best, is he good enough for Barcelona? Yes he is, at his best.”

“I surround myself, not with yes men, but people who have their own ideas and are on board with with I want to do.”

“Robbie James, who was a real good friend of mine, died on the pitch at 40.”

“When you're playing for Real Madrid, even when you're playing well, you're under scrutiny.”

“When I was at Swansea, I lost Alan Davies, who was only 30.”

“I get the Swansea-Cardiff thing: I was a Swansea player; I loved playing against Cardiff. But when I played for Wales and played with Jason Perry or Nathan Blake, I never saw them as blue and white and me as black and white.”

“It's not so nice when you don't feel wanted.”

“For me, the training has to be a mixture of hard work - it has to have a good structure, a good base - but also, I don't want all my players to be like machines.”