Quotes from Alan Pardew

The spokesman at Newcastle, unfortunately, was mainly me. I had to manage the football club.

I consider this to be one of the biggest jobs in the country and to get the opportunity to be the manager of Newcastle is not something I'm going to give up lightly.

At Newcastle, I had a team at the bottom of the table with a crowd that was very angry at what had gone on at the club for a period of time.

The England job is unique and brings a certain pressure. I've experienced some of that pressure at the clubs I've been at.

At West Ham I had a fantastic relationship with the board but I was really upset with them when they sold the club without telling me. I then had new owners I didn't get on particularly well with.

I experienced great professionalism in Dutch football. I don't want to give a stereotypical view of them, but they are needy in terms of wanting to know exactly what the game plan is, what their role is, that information.

I have had situations in the past when you are close to signing a player and the money involved switches from euros to pounds to dollars. It is a difficult process, but one we have to work with.

In my world, I have to keep my counsel at times, accept players are going to criticise various things, accuse you of various things. Sometimes you react, sometimes you don't.

Success can be a legacy.