Phil Neville

“I'm working with elite players, and they test and challenge you.”

“The pressure will always be there at United, and David Moyes will have to win games and win trophies. He will do that.”

“I always want and expect more from players; they need challenging.”

“I always say I'll rest when I die - that's my motto. I just hope I don't die before the World Cup!”

“I wanted success. I was ambitious. I didn't leave United to see out my career picking up wages.”

“Modern-day coaching is about relationships, so I need to know every little thing that will make my players tick. How am I going to get more out of our best players, from Fran Kirby, Lucy Bronze? Lucy wants to be challenged. If you tell her she can't do something, she'll try it.”

“From facing a manager for the past 16 years to suddenly being the one person everyone is looking at is a daunting prospect. It's something I want to be prepared for. If I get the opportunity, I don't want to let myself down.”

“I wanted a new experience, to learn another language. I wanted to be different. I wanted people to realise I'm taking my coaching career very seriously. I wanted to create my own pathway.”

“We pick players on their profiles. Over the years, I've learned that, if you have one cog that's not quite right in the system, that flow of how you want to play can't work.”

“One of the main things I said in my job interview was that I want to develop female coaches.”

“I'm going to prove I can coach in the women's game and prove I can manage an England team to success.”

“I want to be part of Man United's future. I'm a Man United person.”

“I've proved I'm in love with the women's game, and I think the quality is unbelievable.”

“Towards the end of my career, I was thinking about going into the media world. It's crucial: with three to four years left in the game, you begin to plan for the end.”

“I'll definitely play cricket again, but only socially. I've still got a lot of friends at my local team, Green Mount, and I do miss playing, but I don't regret anything.”

“When you come up against a big, powerful football nation, you are playing against history. When you talk about street football, you are talking about South American players who have grown up with nothing.”

“The most important thing is to be successful on the field. Being second in the world is an unbelievable achievement. But for me, as a coach, you want to be the best - you get nothing for being second. We want to be the best in our field.”

“The common vision is winning - and winning a World Cup. We have a three-year plan - win the World Cup, win the Olympics, win the Euros - and the common agreement is you want to create a legacy and win the World Cup; then, everything else falls into place.”

“I could play anywhere. I played everywhere on the pitch for United, apart from No. 9 or keeper.”

“I played for England at cricket and football. Playing at Wembley in front of 60,000 people seemed better than playing at Cirencester in front of my family and friends.”