Quotes from Phil Neville

I won the league at Middlesbrough with Manchester United, and I wore my medal for the next two or three days because I thought, 'I want this again - and the best want it again and again'.

I know every part of their lives. I know about their animals; if they've got a dog, I know its name. My players love their dogs. I know about their partners; I know if they go to the cinema - it's the detail you need to be successful. If they have an ice cream, I know about it.

I have got two paths - one to go into the media, the other to go into coaching and management. I have got offers from both.

I wanted success. I was ambitious. I didn't leave United to see out my career picking up wages.

People make a big thing about rankings, but being first or second in the world doesn't mean much if you don't actually win anything.

At the end of the day, if I'm playing for a manager who I know cares about me, then I'm going to give more.

I could play anywhere. I played everywhere on the pitch for United, apart from No. 9 or keeper.

Management is all-encompassing. That's something I've learned since starting this job. I find it very difficult to switch off. I can be at the cinema or out for a meal with my wife, and I'm thinking constantly about what my players are doing.

It's our English mentality to worry about the weather.

It's not science; it's common sense: it's playing the right players in the right positions for the style of football you want to implement in a specific game.

Towards the end of my career, I was thinking about going into the media world. It's crucial: with three to four years left in the game, you begin to plan for the end.

My sister is one of the best netball players England's ever produced, and she is now England manager. Almost every day, we sit round the table; we talk about what she's done in her job, how she's dealt with players. I've followed her pathway.

A takeover or a player doing something wrong can take the focus away from what the most important thing is, which is to play football.

I love positivity. I'm always saying, 'Well done' - maybe too often, in fact.

I've been the captain of a Premier League club, and I've coached some of the best players in the world.

We pick players on their profiles. Over the years, I've learned that, if you have one cog that's not quite right in the system, that flow of how you want to play can't work.

My passion is coaching, and I see myself more as a head coach with a more continental approach, in charge of football, running the training programme, the players.

From facing a manager for the past 16 years to suddenly being the one person everyone is looking at is a daunting prospect. It's something I want to be prepared for. If I get the opportunity, I don't want to let myself down.

People leave United and tend to drift out of the game. I actually think I became a better player and a better person. I proved a lot of doubters wrong.

I played for England at cricket and football. Playing at Wembley in front of 60,000 people seemed better than playing at Cirencester in front of my family and friends.

There has always been an inner self-motivation for me. Mine goes back to my United days of us against the world and proving everyone wrong.

Our style of play is non-negotiable, but we also have to become ruthless serial winners.

Rankings aren't that important to me. I want a winners' medal.

I came out with a few plaudits, and I don't really enjoy that because I am a team player. I don't shout about myself, and I've always been team-orientated, so maybe that is why I have always slipped under the radar throughout my career.