Tony Adams

“I go to my local football league team - Forest Green - and it's a working-class environment, which is what football was when I was growing up.”

“I noted all these businesses with massive turnovers and huge profits were not taking responsibility for their workers' mental health and addiction issues. There is a bit of tick-box exercising going on in companies with HR and managers, getting the legal side covered, so they're not in danger of doing anything wrong.”

“Chongqing has restaurants with Western food and shops, so no problem living here. It helps that their fans are the best in the whole of China, respectful to the team and coach, and cheer in great numbers.”

“I think Ozil, he's a very calm, sweet man, so don't judge him too quickly. He is a talent, and half the job of a head coach is getting the best out of that talent.”

“Perhaps Arsene thought I might be too challenging for him. He seemed to like an assistant such as Pat Rice or Steve Bould, both great club men who were not going to ruffle feathers. Arsene is so dominant that he was probably not going to like it if I said, 'We're conceding bad goals, I'm going to take the back four today and organise them.'”

“For me, you're a player, you play for the Arsenal, you represent the club, you perform to your 100 per cent.”

“For me, Mertesacker is a zonal defender and Koscielny is a man-to-man marker. They got to know each other's game because they played with each other week in, week out.”

“Don Howe taught me. Terry Burton taught me. Terry Venables taught me. George Graham taught me. They taught me how to defend, how to work lines, how to push up. ArsEne's a better physiologist than all of them. Better economist than all of them. I would say better psychologist than all of them. He is one of the greatest managers of all time.”

“There have been really special people over the years I have loved to bits.”

“I have to do a daily programme of meditation as part of my recovery, reflecting every morning and evening.”

“You perceive someone when you are playing against them very differently to how they are off the pitch.”

“Back in '86, '87, Steve Williams and Paul Davis and me were reading a book by Robert Hess called 'Eat to Win,' and, you know, that's what we were doing, chewing for victory.”

“I look at four things in my life: finance, work, relationships and health. I strive for balance.”

“Teams who win World Cups usually have a real anchor, such as Sergio Ramos or Fabio Cannavaro.”

“Until you were playing regularly as an Arsenal player, you weren't judged. Going into management is completely different. You still have to learn the job but... bang! It's on you.”

“When I was at the bottom, you see, football was off the radar.”

“I am passionate about working with everyone in the sport to raise the profile of mental health, wellness and resilience, for players and for everyone in Rugby League.”

“Arsene Wenger threw up a whole different way of managing through love, with kindness, consideration and compassion.”

“I think when I got enough pain and I was broken enough, and I got to my bottom, it enabled me enough to ask for help. But I needed a lot of pain.”