A biography for Phil Nevillehasn’t been written yet.
“There's no shortcut to being a manager or coach.”
“My passion is coaching, and I see myself more as a head coach with a more continental approach, in charge of football, running the training programme, the players.”
“To be a manager, you've got to gamble. Be brave, be bold, but be humble in everything that you do, and from the kit man to the physio to your best player to your youngest player, make sure you treat everybody the same.”
“There is this preconceived idea that I would follow the likes of Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher, and Gary into the media because it's a really good life. But football is my life.”
“My sister is one of the best netball players England's ever produced, and she is now England manager. Almost every day, we sit round the table; we talk about what she's done in her job, how she's dealt with players. I've followed her pathway.”
“As a manager, you can only worry about those who can get on the bus, and those are the fit ones. Injuries and illnesses mean opportunities for others.”
“I was approached by Sue Campbell to give my thoughts on whether I'd be interested in being the next head coach of the women's national team. Straight away, I was unbelievably excited and honoured to be approached by Sue.”
“People leave United and tend to drift out of the game. I actually think I became a better player and a better person. I proved a lot of doubters wrong.”
“Whether you're male or female, going to a World Cup is the biggest thing that will ever happen in your life.”
“When you talk about the ambition to get more girls to play at a younger age, they are inspired by watching Toni Duggan and Steph Houghton playing, either live or by watching it on television.”
“The biggest thing I will miss is 4 July when Everton are due back for pre-season training. I loved that day. I lived for it, getting back with the lads.”
“I won the league at Middlesbrough with Manchester United, and I wore my medal for the next two or three days because I thought, 'I want this again - and the best want it again and again'.”
“It's our English mentality to worry about the weather.”
“Before I retired, I had agreed to join the BBC to work as a pundit, with my contract beginning at the start of the 2014/15 season.”
“I've always had a good relationship with the BBC, and I'd enjoyed the freedom that goes hand in hand with punditry, so it was ideal for me.”
“I have got two paths - one to go into the media, the other to go into coaching and management. I have got offers from both.”
“When I'm retired, I want to be able to tell my kids I played in a European Cup final. I don't want to have to say I watched one from the substitutes' bench, then kept getting knocked out in the quarters and semis.”
“There has always been an inner self-motivation for me. Mine goes back to my United days of us against the world and proving everyone wrong.”
“If Jose Mourinho came to Man United, you would think, with his track record, that in maybe three seasons he would be gone. Man United are looking at the next 20 years. They've just given David Moyes a six-year contract. It is that kind of club.”
“I don't think football management is easy.”