Harry Redknapp

“There're plenty of good people in football - mostly players and managers.”

“Down at Bournemouth, I kicked a tray of cups up into air, and one hit Luther Blissett on the head. He flicked it on, and it went all over my suit hanging behind. Another time, at West Ham, I also threw a plate of sandwiches at Don Hutchison. He's sitting there, still arguing with me, with cheese and tomato running down his face.”

“Lots of people do that silly tweeting.”

“My mum and dad never went abroad for a holiday. My dad was overseas in the war but never thought about going anywhere like the Mediterranean after that, so my mum died without ever having been on a plane or abroad.”

“When I was a kid, there used to be a family section in every club where it would be all kids. That stopped.”

“The arrival of Arsene Wenger in 1996 certainly heralded a change in English football. He was very successful very quickly, and suddenly, all the talk was about his revolutionary new training methods.”

“I've been around a long time. I've seen it all before.”

“At West Ham, I was never able to buy the top-flight players. It was a case of looking around, trying to do deals. I was always taking a gamble.”

“Luka Modric is an outstanding footballer, a great player.”

“I went to the worst school you've ever seen.”

“I've not made my name as a wheeler and dealer. Don't say that.”

“Ryan Giggs just had an athlete's physique. He could run all day.”

“I don't write. I couldn't even fill a team sheet in.”

“I have never sent a fax, and I've never even sent a text message.”

“I've enjoyed my time at every club I have worked at, I've been lucky, but I won't jump in and finish up working with a chairman I didn't like very much.”

“I have never written a letter in my life.”

“I am completely and utterly disorganised.”

“The fans pay good money to watch their team, so they are entitled to their opinion.”

“On the night of June 30, 1990, a minibus in which I was travelling was involved in a head-on collision on a road near Latina, in the region of Lazio, near Rome.”

“I just thought Spurs were a challenge that I had to take on.”