Alan Pardew Quotes

I've been in three offenses in the NFL. I think I'm pretty good now.

Diego Simeone, the coach from Atletico Madrid, was a very strong player as a midfielder.

The worst thing Spurs ever did was get rid of Keith Burkinshaw. They have never replaced him.

I don't watch that much football... I really like to play it.

Now Jack Charlton wasn't wrong, I was a bad footballer.

The key thing with any football player is, what can he do when he gets on the field.

I am a great football player. I had my own club when I was 14 years old. Football is in my blood, and I have been a fan of Fulham for the last 30 years.

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.

I knew before I came to Arsenal what kind of players were here. And of course, in training, you can see how many good players are here; the most important thing is that we work well as a team - that's the most important thing.

I knew nothing about football, then someone showed me a film of Petit and I realised how interesting the game could be. He is divine. When I met him I could barely speak, he was so gorgeous. Women will love that show.

I don't think any training session can get you ready for a game in the Premier League, never mind playing against Liverpool.

I was a good football player, and I had a chance to play with some great players.

Wherever I go and whoever I go play for, I'm a football player. I enjoy playing football, I enjoy the game, I enjoy being a teammate.

I dream of being managed by Arsene Wenger.

I am a footballer. I know how to play football, and I know how to manage projects in the area of football. This is what I want to limit myself to.

I have a very similar connection with Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool as I had earlier with Ronald Koeman at Southampton.

A lot of sprinters aren't football players. I'm a football player. That's the difference between me and a sprinter. My knowledge of the game. I'm totally different than any other track guy.

I'm not The Special One. I'm Marco Silva.

But my instinct as a football player is always to try and grow and try and improve and I think I can do this by joining a big club such as Manchester City.

I was a ball guy. I played basketball, baseball, football. I excelled in football the most. I played running back, wide receiver, safety, kick returner, punt returner.

Arjen Robben, for instance, is a good player, and he helped me a lot with the international team.

I had the good luck to have the experience of training with fantastic football players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Ozil, Modric, and I also played for Real Madrid B. That was a fantastic experience because it was my first international experience as a football player and taught me a lot as a football player.

My perfect formation would be 4-3-3 with one holding and then the two going forward. I would be one of the ones going forward.

I want to say thank you Arsene Wenger for your legacy. For all the coaches in the world, he is a reference. We learned, I learned from him all the things in football.

Jurgen Klopp does have a winning mentality; he is hungry for titles.