I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player.
I've played under some of the biggest and best managers and achieved almost everything in football. Of course it hurts when people question it, but I've come to the end of my career and can look back and say I've achieved everything with every club that I've played for.
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.
A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
I have respected every manager I have played under, but if you can't learn from someone like Mark Hughes, it is going to be hard for you.
I am not saying I am the best manager in the world. But I'm quite good.
Bad ballplayers make good managers.
All the managers in the world, it doesn't matter how good you are, if your players don't understand what you are looking for or what you want, it makes no sense.