David Moyes

“It's good that we have good managers like Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger in this countr,y but I think we should be trying to send out some of our managers to other countries to help not just the development of themselves but the leagues over here. It can enhance their careers.”

“Everyone needs an opportunity in life. I was given an opportunity as a manager, and you try and take it.”

“It will not get better than Sir Alex Ferguson. It just won't.”

“With Marouane's hair, I actually wondered if it might take a bit of the pace off the ball when he went up for a header. But I soon realised it was part of his personality. Part of who he is.”

“I have no regrets about taking the United job. When you get offered a job like that, you take it.”

“Going back to my playing days, I was at Cambridge United for a couple of seasons, and, of course, Newmarket is just down the road. On my days off, I would go to Newmarket quite often, park up by the gallops, and watch the horses work. It was something else.”

“You don't always get what you want, but you work at it.”

“The Merseyside derby is a terrific game full of passion, full of quality.”

“At Everton, we have always tried to do good deals and have always tried to buy at the right age and the right price.”

“I turned down Premier League jobs; I didn't think they were right.”

“I would be very surprised if Phil Neville didn't go into management and possibly Johnny Heitinga, too.”

“The manager needs to be given the opportunity to get on with his job and be given that time that he needs.”

“Bill Kenwright has taught me how to deal with people.”

“I would never have left Everton for anybody but an ambitious football club. And I thought Manchester United would have given me that opportunity.”

“Do I feel I should have been given more time? Of course I do. To go to a club like Manchester United and follow someone like Sir Alex after the time he had been there, to stay for ten months... It couldn't be a revolution at Manchester United; it had to be evolution. It had to take time.”

“Football is not always as glamourous as some might imagine, as the story of the first time I signed Marouane Fellaini perhaps illustrates.”

“Messi gets kicked by everybody, and he gets up and carries on. Doesn't scream, doesn't fake injury.”

“I'm always very careful when I'm spending the club's money. I treat it like it's my own, and I always try to sign players for what I feel is the right price.”

“Real Sociedad fans are fantastic; they know that the club is trying to join the other teams who are always in the top part of the table - to get as close to them as possible.”

“I worked hard at Everton.”