Neil Warnock

“I can't say I ever got to the stage of swapping phone numbers with refs, but I don't have a problem with managers and referees communicating.”

“If there is one thing worse for a manager than having an interfering owner it is uncertainty over the ownership.”

“I'm not sure I will watch a lot of professional football once I've retired.”

“I don't think it is wrong to have a bit of banter with refs. My Dad would always manage games by talking to players and so did I when I reffed.”

“I've been fortunate most of the seven promotions I've won have been with sides I built from zero, so it is doubly rewarding. There is nothing to match being in the dressing room celebrating promotion after a long season with a group of lads you have put together.”

“The sack is a sad fact of life for football managers. I have been axed three times. The chairman at Notts County was on record as saying it's the worst thing they ever did. Within a couple of years they were one game from losing league status.”

“As far as I can tell most people in football do not take colour into account when judging people. I certainly don't.”

“The report I remember most vividly from school is the one I destroyed before I got home, telling my parents I'd lost it. Three words stood out, and still do: 'Must try harder'.”

“As a manager, you know you're going to take the brickbats from other clubs and their fans. But I do enjoy making my own fans happy.”

“However successful someone is in their field of business, and however well-meaning and hard-working, it is difficult to come into football and immediately work out how the industry works, who to trust, what to do. That is the sort of role I think I can fill.”

“Oh, I love Cornwall, it's so special. We bought the house when I was with Plymouth Argyle and we've just kept that on and kept modernising things.”

“I remember when I was younger I used to sing that Beatles song, 'When I'm 64', and think that's light years away for me - I was 18 when it came out. Now here I am.”

“There's two or three managers I can't stand. I detest them and they know that.”

“I tried to download a jazz album this week and ended up getting some tracks four times, some once, some three times; in total I ended up with 50 tracks. I don't know how I did it.”

“I would like to wish Harry Redknapp the best of luck filling my old seat in the dugout at Queen's Park Rangers. It was one of the achievements of my managerial career getting QPR back into the Premier League after a 15-year absence and I would be very sad to see them go back down after all the hard work the players, staff and myself put in.”

“For a lot of young managers, especially those who have not played at the top end of the game, there is also a financial need to work. Some of them could find employment in another field, but you can't beat making a living out of something you really enjoy doing.”

“Personally I have not encountered racism at matches, or in clubs I have worked in, for many years.”

“When you're younger, you have three or four bad results and you worry about everything. You worry about injuries, because they always seem to be your best players.”

“I've been looking forward to going back to Huddersfield. I was manager when the club moved from Leeds Road to the new stadium and it contributed to us getting promotion.”