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I just didn't want to walk away from football without knowing what it meant to be a manager, or even wondering what it was like to be sacked.

Football brings you lots of lovely things, but then you have to realise that it's actually a job.

I've learned a lot from my mistakes, stumbles, and losses in football.

I've learnt and I just want to be respected for what I've achieved on the pitch. I know I haven't achieved much off it but I do know I've given pleasure to people watching me play football over the years.

I really do know football.

The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked - is that so many people are in football for the wrong reasons. Not because they love the game, but because they smell money.

As a footballer, you just have to try to learn what you've done bad and what I could do good.

But I just want to be known for my football.

Football is like life and I know life.

I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.