Quotes from Stuart Pearce

If my results are not good I will lose my job.

Join the club. (to Robbie Fowler after the striker missed a penalty against Middlesbrough that cost Man City a European place)

At this club, all I see is great backing all the way down for me and I will be judged on results like the next man. (on being Manchester City manager)

I hope we get a decision shortly - I will be dead soon. (on wanting to be Man City manager)

Football's in my blood - and eventually I want to be the one making decisions.

I enjoy making the decisions.

I may be able to put a good book tape on in the car on the way home and I will have a smile on my face.

I want them to be fully committed to the work place and fully committed to the people they work for.

I just get the impression that everyone is willing me to succeed.

I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.

There is a set of rules and a code of conduct that I believe that you should adhere to in life.

I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge.

I am doing the job with the mentality that I am going to be here a long time and I hope that I am.

I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open.

In a utopia you want to win matches by several goals and by playing a wonderful brand of football. But that's utopia.

But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge. (on being Manchester City manager)

I want them to be fully committed to the work place and fully committed to the people they work for. (on Manchester City players)

Make no mistake, you would prefer to work for someone who is going to put their arm around you at times and lift you.

We are in a results business, so Stuart Pearce being a jolly old boy won't keep me in a job.

If we go out there and do our best every game, then I will take my chances that the results will be more good than bad.

I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way.

But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.