Tony Pulis

“I still believe in a lot of good old-fashioned values, and I do think anyone will ever change me in that respect.”

“I always think the best players come from the areas where there are loads of chimney pots, where they have been brought up a little bit tougher than the others.”

“However terrible the football, when you're winning you can get away with it.”

“My biggest concern for the country is that many kids are now just looking at their parents who've lived on benefit and think that's the norm. It's so sad.”

“People go on about my style of play. But I tell you what I do - I go into football clubs, I try to find out what systems suit the players and I try to get the damnedest out of those players. That's what I've done everywhere I've been.”

“I've always been a bit old-fashioned and thought the best way to sort things out was man to man.”

“When I was a player, if you weren't in the team you would be knocking on the manager's door, saying, 'Well, if I can't play here, I'd like to play somewhere else.'”

“Social media is good in some ways, for me to Skype my son and grandchildren every day in America is wonderful. But then you've got other things on the Internet which are absolutely dreadful. It's poisonous and there should be greater control of that. You're not going to change it, though, so you have to work with it.”

“If a top four job came along, I don't think people will look at Tony Pulis to do that.”

“We know you have good runs and bad runs. The big thing you learn in the Premiership is you have to take it on the chin. You have learn how to lose without getting too down and too despondent. You have to box that up, put it to one side and make sure everyone who counts stays positive.”

“When things aren't right, I can overreact because of the fear of losing everything. The insecurity drives me, and helps keep my feet on the ground.”

“There is no point going man-to-man with a player of Messi's ability. He is so clever he would drag your player all over the pitch and still find a way to destroy you, probably exploiting the hole you've left by assigning someone to that role.”

“What people don't talk about is I've been promoted out of every division and been to the final of an FA Cup.”

“My approach to every game is the same.”

“There are too many people coming out of school and heading into a life of nothing. They go straight on the dole or into crime.”

“The FA have to be careful in telling you what you can and cannot say. If they are telling you that you cannot tell the truth, then they are on sticky ground.”

“When you lose a game of football, you can still be a winner by taking it on the chin and getting on with it.”

“Every job I've had I feel lucky to have had. Of all the family, I was the lucky one. I've been very fortunate. I don't regret anything, I don't crave anything.”

“Middlesbrough took a lot out of me, it was enjoyable but draining.”

“The more you achieve, the more people want.”