A biography for Chris Hughtonhasn’t been written yet.
“I remember the days when a footballer who had an issue in his personal life may have been told to grow up and deal with it but in 2019, that approach won't work any more. A manager needs to make sure the problem is solved, as a player will not play at his best unless he is happy in his mind and in the environment he has around him.”
“What you have to do is work around whatever the 'circumstances are at a club.”
“I feel there has to be a concerted effort that we encourage, in whichever way, more black and minority ethnic coaches to take their badges at the higher levels.”
“When you play the top sides you cannot afford to be as open as 4-4-2 can leave you. Consequently teams adapt their formation.”
“You have to be able to get enough points from your away games or it puts difficulty on your home games.”
“As a black manager, somebody talking in good terms about me I don't think can be a bad thing.”
“I didn't set out specifically to be a manager, but once you end up in that role you want to be measured against the best in the profession.”
“It is harder to win Premier League games playing 4-4-2 without having players of the quality the top teams have.”
“You're always looking where you could do better.”
“Instead of holding grudges, it's better to learn from the bad experiences.”
“There is no better feeling than knowing you are pushing for something.”
“I remember going to stadiums and huge sections of the stand gave you racial abuse. It was never nice but it wasn't a surprise - particularly when I was first at Spurs.”
“On a good day everybody can beat everybody.”
“It's true, I did write - but it's probably not as dramatic as it sounds.”
“Management has never been the most important thing for me.”
“There is always pressure on managers at whatever stage of a season because we want to be winning games and we want to be winning football matches.”
“All we want eventually to see is more black and ethnic coaches involved at the higher levels of the game. Anything that promotes that is something very much worthwhile.”
“It's very difficult for me to talk about myself, it's not something I enjoy.”
“Jose has managed at some big, big clubs, and at all of those clubs, there is pressure, it comes with the territory. But he has a wonderful way of dealing with that pressure, and when you manage these sorts of clubs, you've got to be used to that.”
“You can't afford to be bitter in this industry.”