A biography for Steve Brucehasn’t been written yet.
“I accept I am not everyone's cup of tea, but judge me over a period of time.”
“I don't go into management to be liked.”
“I want to entertain, I want Newcastle United that is the best it can possibly be.”
“The only way you can respond to anything in football is through results.”
“Only those who have lost their parents will know what it is like. It is horrific, it is hard and it breaks your heart, it really does.”
“Any Englishman would be extremely proud to be the England manager.”
“I judge people, and myself, when you are up against it. When you've been beaten like that you have to find out who is alongside you, you roll your sleeves and come out fighting and those are my principles.”
“I'm not really into tactics.”
“I know what it means to the supporters of Newcastle to try and win something and realistically, the cup competitions are our best route.”
“I never thought I'd be in a position like I was at Aston Villa where people weren't going to get paid on a Friday. That's how bad it was. It looks great from the outside but we had huge financial problems for months.”
“A lot of businessman come into football find it difficult. They think because they have more money to throw at it, that will work. Of course money helps but it doesn't guarantee success.”
“Whether I'm 'head coach' or 'manager,' it doesn't bother me at all.”
“I have not got a CV like Rafa, few do.”
“What people resent, in sport, is if you go out with a whimper.”
“I'm delighted and incredibly proud to be appointed as head coach of Newcastle United.”
“I was headstrong when I was younger and maybe I've had too many jobs in my time.”
“If our players start to see coaching as a dead end, where is the next Ferguson, the next Clough or Shankly? It's sad. How will players see a pathway, how are they going to see a future if even the England job goes abroad?”
“Man-management far outweighs sports science.”
“Your boyhood club, the one you've supported, the one result that you look for more than anybody else because of my upbringing, has always been Newcastle so to go and manage it is arguably the pinnacle but it's a really difficult job, I have to tell you.”
“When you go to school in the north-east you have to be tough.”