As a midfielder at United, I had to pass the ball forward, and yes, it did not always work. It did not always mean putting a chance on a plate for the strikers. It was up to them to get on the ball and score goals. Was it easy? No, but we were playing for United. It was not supposed to be easy.
The hardest thing to coach is scoring goals and creativity.
There is something about a cup final that brings out a different quality in a footballer. Do they have the courage to win a one-off match?
If I was to become a manager, I would not want someone else to be signing the players for the team that my job depended on.
It is very difficult for me to breathe when it's hot and humid.
I got sent off a few times in my life, but I never lost my head. I mistimed tackles, and I made mistakes.
When I finally quit for the second time in the summer of 2013, I had accepted that this really was the end, and, having got over that, the move into retirement was a lot easier.
There was no better manager at developing young players than Sir Alex. He knew just when to bring them in and take them out, and he believed in Paul Pogba. For once, in Paul's case, it did not work out. The timing was wrong, and the difference between expectation on the player's side and the manager's idea of his development did not match up.
When a team is relegated, a new leader can help turn the page at a club.
Managing a club like Oldham has to be an all-absorbing, seven-days-a-week commitment.
There were players I shared a dressing room with who didn't like each other. You don't have to talk to each other. You just need to win matches.
I don't go looking for the post-match team pictures posted by players on Instagram, but usually, someone ends up showing them to me, or I notice them when they get printed in the newspapers.
When I watch Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund side, I see a manager who is determined to play in his opponent's half, who is committed to attacking football, and, from the way he conducts himself on the touchline, is clearly an interesting, charismatic personality.
If you go down the leagues, you have to understand what level you're working with, and if you get frustrated, then it's not going to ever happen for you. That's why a lot of managers don't succeed where they should do.
Sometimes fear can bring performances out from you.
The game changes so quickly, and you have to get yourself in a position mentally where you can deal with whatever is thrown at you.
That is the issue with signing young players from other big European football nations - at some point, they will want to go home.
I like to watch batsmen who will entertain and, as things stand, an opening spell from Jimmy Anderson is about as good as it gets.
What I like about Pochettino is the way that he looks in control. He is in control of his players, in control of the way that they play.
It goes without saying that no one at United ever expected any help. We understood that decisions can go against you. We believed we were the better team, and therefore, if the referee got his decisions right, then we would win the vast majority of our games.
