A biography for Chris Wilderhasn’t been written yet.
“That was how I felt at non-league. I never looked at it then and said, 'I want to be a Premier League manager one day'. I just wanted to do a good job and see where it could take me.”
“My players have to be competitors before footballers. They don't pull out of tackles in training. It's full-tilt and if we pick up injuries, we pick up injuries. They have to give everything on the pitch and leave it all out there.”
“Sheffield has everything as far as I'm concerned and the football club is right in the heart of it.”
“I've always said that I'm an employee and I respect that status but I'm the type of guy who walks in the front door and I'll walk out the front door if it's not right.”
“I've come a different path to some and, while I respect everyone else's 100 per cent, I'm proud of mine. I'm proud of where I've come from and where I am trying to get to.”
“Togetherness is huge. I just can't see anybody getting results in team sport without being together.”
“We used to get into other players' heads mentally and physically. In my day it was me versus you, my future versus your future.”
“I still live in the city. I still jump on the bus.”
“I don't want it to be comfortable for players to step in, stroll about and walk away with three points. But there won't be any old-school flat balls, cold tea or wet floors.”
“You can't sit back, rest on laurels and think about the past - what the journey has been.”
“Obviously my knowledge of the game has improved but I've tried to keep true to what I believe in.”