In the intervening 48 Christmases I have always either been a player, having to watch what I eat and drink, or a manager, worrying about what my players are eating and drinking, plus who is going to cry off tomorrow, who is suspended, who is carrying an injury, and the million-and-one other questions that fill a manager's every waking moment.
Most of the clubs I have had, they have been in a precarious situation when I have taken over and I have had to change it, even going back to Scarborough and all that.
That's what you want to do as a manager, finish the game, get in your bath and think about the kids going home, the young kids going home.
The chairman, Mehmet Dalman, he was brilliant for me. He helped me left, right and centre, he lives aboard now but he was my shoulder.
I was fined £20,000 for TV interview where I barely said anything. The FA brought an outside barrister in to do me. A big place like the FA, they don't have their own in-house lawyer?
It's difficult to motivate yourself to do the workouts when you get older but I train hard.
It's easier to sit at your desk and have a bun, but I've been really disciplined because I feel like I have to give myself a chance. You can't let yourself down on that. You have to be mentally sharp in this Premier League.
My teams have never been supposed to be able to do the things that they do.
There's got to be a role for an experienced football person helping the manager; not being a threat to the manager, but helping and sorting out a lot of the hassle he has, you know? Letting him concentrate on managing the football side.
I do like reading autobiographies, if I'm honest.
If you look at my past in the Premier League, without going into too many details, I don't think I had much of a chance at any of them, for different reasons.
Everyone wants to be loved and liked - but you can't be as a manager.
As a manager, you know you're going to take the brickbats from other clubs and their fans. But I do enjoy making my own fans happy.
There's two or three managers I can't stand. I detest them and they know that.
I like soppy films, sentimental stuff with children.
When people say things about me, I'd love to come back and give my version, but I'd rather let others spout off until the time is right.
No disrespect to Cardiff but they probably needed me more than I needed them, when I was appointed.
When you're younger, you have three or four bad results and you worry about everything. You worry about injuries, because they always seem to be your best players.
I've played for managers who said one thing and did another and players find you out like that. You've got to trust them and they've got to trust you.
Trust is a big word for a manager. You expect certain standards and attitudes and they know if they lower those standards, I'll jump on them.
