A biography for Neil Warnockhasn’t been written yet.
“The players is what I enjoy, the training ground, making players better and believing in themselves because you can make a difference.”
“As for myself, you never know what is round the corner in football.”
“It's the last question mark against me in my career. Why couldn't I keep a team in the Premier League.”
“Everyone says teams should work harder when they are losing but sometimes that makes it worse.”
“I can't replicate how I feel when that whistle goes on nights like that, knowing you've won it, that people are going home smiling. You don't get that sat on my tractor in Plymouth or doing the shop in Tesco.”
“It is a fine line between communicating and being too chummy. My players, when I've been promoted, have been upset by top-flight refs being mates with opposition players.”
“But the art of management has not changed. The art of it is still 80 to 90 per cent man-management. It is just a matter of getting the best out of what you have got.”
“When you're younger, you worry about the sack and getting abuse and things, but when you get to my age, you become less bothered about those things. It becomes more like a hobby and less like life or death.”
“Working at Palace was one of the happiest episodes of my football career, even though the ending was one of the most upsetting and traumatic.”
“I had a player once whose wife had twins and one of them was in and out of hospital for a year. You just have to give people as much time as they need.”
“I've played for managers who said one thing and did another and players find you out like that. You've got to trust them and they've got to trust you.”
“But referees have to remember there is a reason managers are being nice to them - we're hoping that it just might make the difference when there is a borderline decision.”
“I have spoken to refs after games, just to ask about something that had occurred during a game. It's always been off the record and I've never had a ref not answer.”
“Sometimes when I'm watching managers on television and I see all that anxiety I realise that I don't miss the job as much as I thought.”
“It's not an easy challenge picking up players in January, I've always found it tough. Clubs don't want to release their better players.”
“People talk about flip charts, tactic boards and other rubbish like that. But the truth is that as a manager you just need to get the best out of the players at your disposal.”
“It's difficult to motivate yourself to do the workouts when you get older but I train hard.”
“Trust is a big word for a manager. You expect certain standards and attitudes and they know if they lower those standards, I'll jump on them.”
“I like experience in my side, but you need a balance and young players give you energy, pace and, often, a freshness which means they have no fear.”
“Football is a relatively small industry and there are times, while you want to be honest, that it is best to pull a few punches. You never know, you might need to work with that person again.”