A biography for Scott Parkerhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm familiar with Bournemouth because of my relationship with Harry Arter. It's a football club I know well from watching him over the years.”
“You can play all the games you want as a professional footballer, but when you go into coaching it's just totally different.”
“The journey you go on, the ups and downs, I'm the face that fronts it up. But behind the scenes is a support network of people that keep you going.”
“When you're at a football club, the heart and soul of it is bigger than a win or a loss, so I'd like to think I leave the football club in a good place.”
“I realise I have to adapt my game a bit at international level; that the combativeness in the Premier League is a little bit different at international level.”
“Of course there's a technical element but nine times out of 10 when you're having a bad day it will mainly be mental: the mistake you've made, the comment you've heard, the crowd's reaction to a shot over the bar - fter that the fear's coming in.”
“As a manager, first and foremost I want a team with a good mentality, a team with character, a team that represents the club and the fans.”
“My England career had been very up and down - I had been involved in some squads, and not in others, so it had been very patchy.”
“The facts are, the reality is, you can't really enjoy it. You win a football match and by the time you get to Saturday night, having a beer or a Chinese, you're already thinking about Monday morning, the next game.”
“My dad told me to tuck my shirt in, look good and respect the game, so that has become embedded in me.”
“I was brought up in a slightly older style. I don't play with my collar up.”
“I used a psychologist when I was playing, It's one of the most powerful things: how you can have a concrete head and not let things in.”
“After a couple of sessions you know if a coach knows what he is doing.”
“And, for me, there is a passion in managing or coaching, whether it is working on a training ground or dealing with a 16-year-old who has a problem I can help him out with. I get quite a buzz from that.”
“There is a process at Fulham how they sign players. The owner is the owner, but I do have a say and will give my opinion.'”
“As a young lad you go on adrenalin. You run out, look at the crowd, run around at 100mph and you can do it.”
“I had a fantastic time at Fulham, I'm very, very proud to lead the club, I have nothing but admiration.”
“I think experience is vital for that. You become wiser: you know where to be, what positions to take up, how to play it.”
“When I stop playing I'll want a new challenge. I couldn't just do nothing.”
“You see it every week, when a player makes a mistake, his first action is to try and put it right, and nine times out of 10 the first thing they do when they've made a mistake is take out everyone in front of them because they want to make amends.”