Quotes from Paul Lambert

There's no sentiment in football.

If people don't like me, they don't like me - if they want to shake my hand, they'll shake their hand.

In Dortmund, the stadium is nearly full for the warm-up. They've always been there in their numbers, always backed the team.

I don't get Twitter or social media. I really don't understand it or read it. I see it as a distraction.

I've seen managers come in and lose the first game, you're on the back foot straight away.

That's what drives me on, being frightened to fail. The past is in the past. I never think I'm safe.

I've got a lot of respect for Norwich City as a football club, there's some really good people there.

Any club that wins the European Cup gives it more credence.

I've been to some great clubs, great people, watched them training, getting a different view on football, and really enjoyed it.

I thrive on the pressure. I love it. I love the fear factor that goes with it. Perhaps it's strange, but that's just me.

It is hard to categorise every accolade you have won. Getting into the Hall of Fame is great. It is fantastic to be recognised by your own country. To be part of the history of our national game is simply humbling.

I've never been spoon-fed for my whole career, I have always done it the hard way as a player and a manager.

Discipline is a big thing for me, you have to respect the workplace and your team-mate.

I went to Borussia Dortmund on trial with a bag and some clothes, not knowing what my next move was going to be.

When you're a manager you always have tunnel vision at certain times.

But I don't pay much attention to outside influences. People can say what they want. I always try to focus on my own environment.

Criticism comes with Celtic. If you take it on board, it can make you ill, but if you think: 'No problem', it makes you really thick-skinned.

I have no idea what would have happened to me had I stayed at Motherwell.

That churning in your stomach on the morning of a game, I've missed it. That adrenalin rush, I can't help getting involved. I can't watch myself on TV jumping around like a madman. But you know what, I wouldn't change any of it.

Every big moment has stresses and lessons that you take into your managerial career. You can pass it down to the lads who work under you. And everybody knows you handled it.

You have to make decisions that you think are right for the club. I also think that, in the dressing room, there should only ever be one voice and it's got to be the manager's.

Villa's history doesn't frighten me. Not at all. I respect it. I actually embrace it, because I've been through it. I know how difficult it is to win the European Cup.

You never stop learning in football management and I certainly believe the invaluable experience from my time as Villa manager will prove hugely beneficial in the next stage of my managerial career.