Steve Nicol

“There are a whole load of different pressures that go with being the head coach, manager, whatever you want to call it. And everybody who's done it, there are times when it becomes too much and you need some sort of break while you figure out how you de-stress, if you want.”

“Most people satisfy their appetite when they sit down to eat. I'm not most people.”

“It doesn't get any more basic than your backline closing when there's no pressure on the ball. It really is a huge problem if you get it wrong.”

“Barcelona don't bring in players for the sake of 'well if things get tough, we can always bring defenders on or we can have a guy in the middle who is going to run around and kick people and chase them.'”

“Both my parents were keen golfers and Dad was such a creature of habit that he didn't see much of me at Ayr United because he always played a round on Saturdays. He was an old-school parent of his time and I've no complaints.”

“To get players for MLS, we sometimes had to go to places where nobody else goes. The big teams have global scouting networks but we had to be creative.”

“Landon Donovan has always been about being the focal point of the team.”

“Nobody thought Real Madrid could win three Champions Leagues on the trot, and they've done it.”

“Teams that come up, as soon as they realise they're in big trouble the first thing they do is change the manger.”

“If you have mental toughness then on days when you go to Hull, the pitch is bobbly, the wind howling, you end up with something. It's as much about that as silky soccer.”

“Oh it kills me to see Liverpool lose.”

“When we were winning the League, United always raised their game when they played us.”

“Winning covers a lot of bad things.”

“I loved room service.”

“Listen, there's always a pitfall around the corner somewhere. You know it's coming, you don't know when it's going to come.”

“A big reason why you take a chance on a 34-year-old who has bags of experience, is a great player is to pass that on to your younger players.”

“There's nothing wrong with crying and moaning, but you can do that for a minute and then you get on with it.”

“It's page one, rule one. Set piece, pick up your man.”

“Playing for Boston Bulldogs in front of 700 to 800 fans was obviously different from playing for Liverpool in front of the Kop and 40,000 passionate Reds.”

“Everyone has talent; it's finding a player who fits in, who's better than what we have.”