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When you've been in the game as long as I have, you know the managers you've played for, the good ones and the bad ones. Even the good ones get fired.

Your time as a manager is finite and valuable.

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries.

The key to management is to get rid of the managers.

Of course managers win ball games.

It's not easy when you have a new manager because you have to try and adapt yourself to him, the team, training sessions, and the game.

I've never seen myself as a manager. As a manager, you have to put all your time into the job, and that would be difficult for me.

In the end, as a manager or coach, you have to keep your heart pure and do your best as a manager or a coach.