Quotes from Tony Pulis

The FA have to be careful in telling you what you can and cannot say. If they are telling you that you cannot tell the truth, then they are on sticky ground.

Whichever way the result goes, my 1,000th game will be at Stoke and I had great times there.

Everybody wants things now. If I hadn't been given the time at Stoke, or at other clubs earlier in my career, I don't think I would have ever been successful.

I've always been a bit old-fashioned and thought the best way to sort things out was man to man.

I still believe in a lot of good old-fashioned values, and I do think anyone will ever change me in that respect.

Stoke-on-Trent is totally and utterly different to South London.

When you have seven grandchildren and you've been around them a while, they soften you up. But there's still that little streak in me that if I need to make sure something has to be done, then it gets done.

There are loads of good principles we've lost as a nation. Discipline. Organisation. Respect. I was brought up with those.

Adversity is when you show your strength of character.

We push experience aside and forget about people far too quickly.

Respect for people who employ you, respect for people you work with, respect for the job you're doing is enormous for me. I adhere to those principles.

Middlesbrough took a lot out of me, it was enjoyable but draining.