Harry Redknapp

“I was fortunate to spend the Sixties working for one of the greatest football minds this country has ever produced: Ron Greenwood.”

“I never went overseas until I left school and joined West Ham United Football Club at the beginning of the Sixties.”

“Football wears you out, and when things are not going well, it's not enjoyable.”

“I am not going to fiddle taxes. I pay my accountant a fortune to look after me.”

“I write like a two-year-old, and I can't spell.”

“I do wonder how managers like Brian Clough and Bill Shankly would cope. How would Cloughie deal with players taking five pairs of different colour boots to a game?”

“I don't know what an email is.”

“I haven't got an old man's brain. I have got a sharp mind and enjoy doing what I do.”

“When I was a kid, all our seaside holidays were spent on Canvey Island or in Clacton-on-Sea.”

“I do enjoy seeing footballers every day, being on the training ground.”

“I don't fear the sack, but I take results home with me. And when I don't win... I am no use to anybody because I get low.”

“Nobody at the FA has ever explained why I was overlooked and not even asked for an interview.”

“We are givers, not takers.”

“You shouldn't be paying massive wages when you've got a stadium that holds 18,000 people.”

“I have not purposely gone out to try to avoid paying income tax.”

“I love animals, all animals - apart from cats. I'm a little bit scared of cats.”

“Whatever faults I may have, I do know a player.”