Mike Phelan

“I guess my career has gone in a roundabout way.”

“Taking on a temporary coaching role at Manchester United is extremely exciting.”

“Players are human and when they get the opportunity to relieve the pressure, some deal with it in different ways.”

“Many fine coaches never become great managers.”

“I would never disrespect anybody who phoned me up or got in contact. I don't work like that.”

“I was offered the opportunity at the Mariners to pass on my experiences and wisdom in order to develop the football club back into the football club that it once was.”

“There is fierce competition within the city. If United are at loggerheads within the club, it just helps fuel City's cause more than anything else.”

“When you get to the semi-final of a cup you want to get to the final.”

“Jose Mourinho has experience of Premier League football and winning the title. He's a European Cup-winning manager so he knows what it is all about.”

“I'm not saying I've become institutionalised at Manchester United but my qualities have been at Manchester United.”

“Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.”

“We put a big value on the League Cup. We've never set out to demean the League Cup.”

“You've got to be greedy in this game and to keep pushing.”

“I had experience in abundance at Manchester United and it's up to me to bring that here to Hull.”

“It's not for me to hold any grudges or anything like that.”

“You try to bring a smile to people's faces, and try to tell people of the adventure you've been on, the success you've had and what it takes.”

“From a footballer's point of view, if you want to choose a football club, then Arsenal is right up there with the best.”

“Strikers can't score every week, much as they would like to.”

“Managing people is no different wherever you are.”

“The target is to win football matches.”