I just get the impression that everyone is willing me to succeed.

I am doing the job with the mentality that I am going to be here a long time and I hope that I am.

The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white.

I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.

I’ll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again.

If we go out there and do our level best in every game, then I will take my chances that the results will be more good than bad.

Football’s in my blood – and eventually I want to be the one making decisions.

It goes without saying that when you’re the manager of a Premiership club, you go eight miles down the road and get beaten by a team two divisions below you, it’s disappointing.

I enjoy making the decisions.

When I look back now I wouldn’t say that I cringe, but I start to realise how naive I was then. I feel much better suited to the job now.

Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they’re different countries.

Make no mistake, I am not about to walk through the door in three or four days’ time and announce that I know everything about football management.

That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong.

I want them to be fully committed to the work place and fully committed to the people they work for.

The tide is very much in our court now.

I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility.

I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge.

I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open.

I am nothing without the players.

There is a set of rules and a code of conduct that I believe that you should adhere to in life.

If my results are not good I will lose my job.

I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way.

But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.

I think management is about just that – managing people via man-to-man skills.