Quotes from Graham Potter

I had five years in the university sector which was a time where I could make my mistakes, develop with the students and players there. I also worked with the people at the university to put some concept and theory on my own experiences.

At Ostersunds, we had half the players who were part-time and working and the other half were full-time.

My mum had always pressed on me to continue my education, and it was just the volatility of sport in terms of not being able to control the result.

I was obviously never good enough to play at a top level, or even anywhere close to that, if I'm being honest. That's the reality.

I played football because I loved the game - but I didn't enjoy the focus on not making mistakes and the culture being essentially one of blame and a little fear.

We want to help the players be more comfortable in their own skin, a bit braver, a bit more aware and more understanding of each other.

I was used to football supporters hammering me and I thought my name was Graham Potter-Boo at one point.

We want our teams to be able to entertain the supporters - they're such an important part of the industry, sometimes forgotten a bit. At the Amex they'll be very important for us. So we'll try and entertain. At the same time I know we're in the results business. I'm not naive.

Sometimes there is a disconnect between footballers and supporters, because there are highly-paid people here and supporters over there, and nothing in between.

I improved enormously, on and off the pitch, over that year at Swansea.

It's hard to get opportunities anywhere. There are a lot of coaches out there and a lot of talented coaches too. It's not easy. Quite often there's no perfect situation that emerges.

It was a huge move for me to leave Sweden, because I was really happy there. It was a club we thought we could carry on developing and try to win the league with. And my family were really settled.

My situation, and my opportunity, was the fourth tier in Swedish football and a place that nobody really wanted to go to. Of course it's turned out well for me.

Like everybody I needed to learn to be a coach, I needed to practise that and make mistakes in a decent environment where I could develop myself and not fear I was going to lose my job.

My playing career that was a bit up but mostly down. I played in the Premier League at Southampton but most of my career was in the lower divisions.

The competition that is the Premier League is the biggest challenge in itself. It's my job to get the players to believe that they can go in to every match and win.

I got a job as a football development manager which meant I could coach the students and work with the sports sciences department, all the people in university sector.

When it is 1-0 and you have been dominant and you have restricted the home team to pretty much nothing, if you do not score the second goal then that is football. Any action can happen in the game.

Whenever you start a new job, it's always a bit daunting, the unknown.

I was only picking up short-term contracts in the lower leagues. I thought that rather than the game kick me out, I'd be proactive about it.

I was fairly rubbish as a player.

I needed to learn to be a coach initially. I think if I'd gone into professional football when I stopped playing when I was 30 years old I'd have failed because I'd have made too many mistakes because I had no real idea at that time.

The profile is to find if someone can perform in the Championship and help you win, and also play in the Premier League because that has to be the goal.

All I can promise is I'll do my very best. I'll try as hard as I can.