I have been in football a long time, and Wayne Rooney has been in football a long time. He would regard me as someone who is very false if I ever said to him, 'Your place is guaranteed.' He would not expect it, and I would be very upset anyway if anyone asked me to give them a guarantee of a place.
I think, increasingly, people will define success as staying in the League, being a stable Premier League club that treats its fans to good football every year.
Most teams - whether they like it or not against Manchester City - you're going to find yourself quite often penned in your own half.
I think I like the artistry of the game. I still get a lot of pleasure watching the good-quality teams play, where the movements of the players are coordinated. It's almost ballet-like, although 'ballet-like' is a bit of an exaggeration.
I've got to be honest with you: I don't regard 29 as old.
Systems win you nothing, and football players win you games.
When you have been lucky enough to move up the ladder, all you see, really, is the slide back down. You don't see the further steps upwards.
There might be more meetings and situations where you're required to represent the country in some way that wouldn't necessarily happen to you if you're a club manager, but other than that, I haven't found any differences in my approach between running a club side and a national team.
If success is about winning the league, there will always be 19 disappointed clubs.
I didn't realise I had a speech impediment until I came back to England. I spent the whole of my life working abroad, and no-one mentioned it. I came back to England and suddenly realised I had a speech impediment.
I am both proud and excited at the prospect of working as the Liverpool manager.
I played a lot of tennis when I was young.
I am not only privileged to work for the FA and England: I have enjoyed working for the FA and England.
Getting the balance right in everything is all of football and all of sport.
It hasn't always been a Premier League ride for Crystal Palace supporters. They're there to support us through the hard times.
It's very flattering that those who have assessed my work over the years think that I have the qualities to be an England manager.
There aren't many English managers, I suppose, who've had the sort of career that I've had, outside the country. With the amount of money that is going around in the Premier League, not many people are tempted to move abroad.
Why shouldn't Harry Kane take corners? If he happens to be the best striker of a ball in the team and gives you the best delivery, why shouldn't he do it?
I like Philip Roth, John Updike, and Richard Yates.
I have worked long and hard to reach the level I have reached.
