- Bad Times
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was relegated with West Ham and you never forget that. Going down, playing in the Championship, I constantly remind myself of that. I still remember the feeling, without doubt, I wouldn't allow myself to forget it.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually had the chance to sign for Newcastle before I went to West Ham; I didn't in the end because they had got rid of their reserve team. There were a few clubs interested but I liked what West Ham had to offer and never regretted signing for them, I loved it straight away.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 2006 World Cup was the summer I came to United so the England thing was kind of ongoing. Getting to the World Cup was massive but it wasn't until I got to United that I had that feeling that winning was a possibility.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly every manager I've played under you take things from them. That's just part of gaining all that knowledge over the years. Some good, some not so good, but it's all part of the process.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
You set out to be a footballer, when you're young, and you think I'd love to do that. There's plenty of things along the way that could change that, and it's the same thing now with being a manager, it's time will tell how it goes.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
A decent player doesn't automatically make a decent manager, I know that. But I will do everything I possibly can.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
The expectation at United is to win every game and you have to be at your very best in training, never mind in the games.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a decent career, I've been a decent player but coaching is a whole different ball game. I can take the experience that I've got but there's so much more to it than that and I'd never take it for granted and just say I can jump into a new role and it will be easy and a breeze because I know it won't be like that.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any experience you go through, you take something away from it, and I've always taken more from the harder times.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I left West Ham in 2004 there was a chance of them signing me instead of Spurs, but it isn't something I think about too often. I've been spoilt during my career.
- Losing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My worst moment in football was losing that Champions League final to Barca in Rome.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favourite game has to be winning the Champions League against Chelsea in 2008, because nothing can top that. My favourite goal was at Wigan in 2009, which came late in the game and pretty much clinched the title for us that year.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was setting out as a kid, five, six, seven years old, England was a dream. One of my best days as a player was my England debut - but it didn't quite happen after that!
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think with England, I look at myself and accept that I didn't do well enough; then, other times, I was playing my best football for United and England didn't happen.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never comfortable at United, really.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I came in at United, I'd seen what the manager set, how the players lived their lives, how they trained, how they lived with the expectation and all sorts, playing three games a week at that level. And that is when I thought 'woah - this is different, this is something else.'
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's always been the ones that got away that stick in your memory. You use them for motivation. The ones you win are brilliant and you enjoy them, and then you move on.
- Players
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest players I've seen are the ones that take the wins well - don't get carried away with them - but the defeats really hurt.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I still think it's part of the skill of being a coach or manager - to know who responds to what. And some players do respond to a rollicking. If it needs to be done, you have to do it. As a player, that wasn't necessarily me.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a coach or manager, if it was something that had to be done I'd be comfortable doing it but I'd still be true to myself. I wouldn't turn into a madman or start throwing teacups and screaming.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not really one who goes telling people things. I'm quite a reserved character and I keep a lot of things to myself. That's my home life as well. I just try to deal with things and, rightly or wrongly, get on with it.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
You look at players who are off form and there's a general disappointment, their confidence goes low and their whole demeanour can change. I've seen it hundreds of times but it's difficult to know what's really going on inside someone's mind.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
But that's something I enjoyed. That's the game, the challenge, trying to think 'what am I am aiming to do here? Where do I want to pass the ball? What area do I want to get it in?' Then it's instinct... but that's just me, that's how I was made, that's my make-up.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a way, I feel there's a Carrick style of playing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved passing, just feeling the ball against my foot. I think any individual, if you enjoy certain things, you tend to practice it more. That was kind of me.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some lads were dribblers, some lads just loved scoring goals, whereas I enjoyed and took pride in practicing my passing and that. That's how it was.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at anyone's career, there are times when you have hard times. Even the best players have to struggle through things.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do try to stay involved in training and keep that routine as much as I can. I just feel I need to do it for myself, not because the manager demands it, but because you get to a stage where you have to manage yourself - what suits you; what doesn't.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is tough when you don't play for a while and a couple of games go by when, you've worked hard to be ready, but then aren't involved.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Champions League and the Premier League are now both huge, but the tradition and history of the FA Cup is still very special.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Outside you get credit and praise and it makes you feel good, puts a spring in your step, but really the ceiling was the manager. If I was playing at Old Trafford and felt as though I was contributing and winning things, that was enough for me.
- Famous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up as a kid, I played for Wallsend Boys Club, a famous boys club. I had such a good childhood and upbringing there.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm doing things in Manchester with the Trafford Sports Park in partnership with the Manchester United foundation and I'm also doing things in Newcastle as well. It's something I'm passionate about.
- Nov 07, 2020