Quotes from Emma Hayes

I just hope we do start to see more females coaching teams like you see across American sports.

We've always had to play second fiddle to the men in European football.

Everybody knows Man City and Chelsea is always a fiercely competitive game.

There's nothing more joyful than when a player, who you don't know if they are going to be able to cut it at the top level, gets their head down and puts everything into their career.

One of the biggest challenges you face as a female manager is getting a foot in the door to be interviewed fairly.

My routine is not being at home with a child all day, mine is with a football team.

I remember Borehamwood, I remember the home crowd, I remember that special moment looking at all of our friends and family in the crowd because I don't think we could believe we were European champions.

I sincerely hope AFC Wimbledon find the right candidate for their football club. The whole point about them not being able to afford me is nothing to do with money, but everything to do with the fact that I'm in the best job in the world. No amount of money is going to tempt me away from that.

Who's to say both English teams can't qualify and meet each other in the final?

The qualities involved with having to manage are exactly the same as it would be for a men's team. We are talking about human beings.

I think the football world needs to wake up and recognize that women, while the game is played by a different gender, it is exactly the same sport and the qualities involved with having to manage that is exactly the same then it would be for a men's team.

Changing leaders is something that's pretty normal in our environment, and as we always know with geese, they're extremely loyal to their cause.

I don't have a complacent dressing room, thank goodness.

You don't take anything for granted when you play in the European game because it's so different, sizing each other up takes a game.

But I'm grateful for everything I've got and I think that's part of my working-class background.

Football as a profession has a responsibility to modernize. The hope is - if you look at the top organizations in any top professions - you will see that having balance in the workplace is tantamount to successful environments.

I just don't know why anyone would ever think that women's football is a step down and that coaching World Cup champions, winners, players that have represented their countries in the Olympics or European championships is a step down from anything.

The football world needs to live by its promises and live by the diversity codes. They need to be promoting opportunities for the less privileged. That's what I want to see.

Football is represented by a diverse society and within that diverse society men's football does not reflect the diverse society that we live in.

We need clubs to take risks to hire the right candidates. At the end of the day, there aren't a lot of female coaches that have the top-level license and the coaching experience but that will change.

I love Brian Clough. I grew up in a household that loved him. To go to his home as a manager will be a really special moment for me.

I'm a huge fan of Brian Clough. I might be his female equivalent but I'm quite happy with that.

There's no better platform than to be with Sky. Sky will bring the elevation that the women's game needs. It's a partner that is taking women's sport very seriously and football tops that agenda.

How do you describe the pride you have for the club you represent, for the people you represent?