“The one thing I hate about other managers is waffle that is nowhere near the truth. I would never conduct myself like that.”

Emirates Stadium should be named after Arsene Wenger.

They were great days, great nights at St James’ Park and I remember them with affection. Maybe they are forgotten too quickly.

It’s almost like he has Dr. Who’s Tardis because he always turns up on time. (on Teddy Sheringham)

I have to be involved in negotiations because players have to buy into me and what I want from them if they join my club, so all managers need to be fully involved in transfers, that’s for sure.

I tried to push him away with my head. I apologise to everyone. I should not have got involved in it.

I did as well as I could at Newcastle.

Finishing fifth in the Premier League with a great team was a fine effort and we also got to the quarterfinals of the Europa League and nearly got past a Benfica side that went to the final.

It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that.

I look at Rafa Benitez in his time at Liverpool, he had difficult periods and the same goes for Brendan Rodgers in the same job now.

If you’ve had a bad experience with an agent, you have to move past it.

It’s probably a greater reflection of youngsters from France and elsewhere in Europe.

It (Arsenal) is an English club but not an English success.

Until that issue is addressed, no Premier League team wants to be in the Europa League. That’s the reality, even if some don’t want to admit it.

We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.

It’s important that top clubs don’t lose sight of the fact that it’s the English Premier League and English players should be involved.

If you’ve seen the Harry Potter films, we use the term ‘dementors’ – people who can draw the life out of you in terms of your energy.

I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.

If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy.

World War II made prosperous the United States, which had been undergoing a depression for a dozen years, and made very rich those magnates and their managers who govern the republic – with many a wink – in the people’s name.

Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.

The prevailing – and foolish – attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he’s managing.

Louis van Gaal is one of the most successful managers in the world.

Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.