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Mike Phelan, is quoted 32 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Manchester United, Manchester, Coaches and Managers.

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The target is to win football matches.

I've been an assistant for a number of years.

Many fine coaches never become great managers.

I had a fantastic career at Manchester United.

I guess my career has gone in a roundabout way.

You've got to be greedy in this game and to keep pushing.

There's no shortage of investment into Manchester United.

It's not for me to hold any grudges or anything like that.

A club like Arsenal is a fabulous club, it is a well-run club.

Taking on a temporary coaching role at Manchester United is extremely exciting.

Setting points targets is sometimes the worst thing you can do - it puts pressure on.

You have to master the ball, play with confidence and play with character and courage.

I've grown up having faith in youth because without that there is no future in football.

I would never disrespect anybody who phoned me up or got in contact. I don't work like that.

I had experience in abundance at Manchester United and it's up to me to bring that here to Hull.

I've been in the lower divisions, I've been in the higher divisions so I have got the experience.

Decision making is always top of the tree when it comes to the big football clubs and where it takes you.

Players are human and when they get the opportunity to relieve the pressure, some deal with it in different ways.

I'm not saying I've become institutionalised at Manchester United but my qualities have been at Manchester United.

From a footballer's point of view, if you want to choose a football club, then Arsenal is right up there with the best.

Berbatov is a great talent, there is no question about that, and as coaches and managers we demand more from great talents.

You try to bring a smile to people's faces, and try to tell people of the adventure you've been on, the success you've had and what it takes.

There is fierce competition within the city. If United are at loggerheads within the club, it just helps fuel City's cause more than anything else.

Jose Mourinho has experience of Premier League football and winning the title. He's a European Cup-winning manager so he knows what it is all about.

Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.

Any manager of any big institution, which is what Manchester United is, internationally, you have a role and a responsibility to give out the correct messages.

At times you are going to miss people. When that happens, others have to come to the front and show the calibre that brought them to the club in the first place.

I was offered the opportunity at the Mariners to pass on my experiences and wisdom in order to develop the football club back into the football club that it once was.

Not many people become manager of Manchester United. Sir Alex had it for a long, long time, then a few have come along since to try to emulate him and make them the champions again.

It's hard for an up and coming player who has the eyes of Manchester United on them to take that opportunity and then sort of not given the opportunity to break through because of the quality already there.

We have to be more courageous and braver and sometimes take a knock. You can't just be a pretty boy, you have to get your body or something on it. When it is a one-on-one situation you have to carry out that duty.

I'm quite open and proud enough to listen to anything really. Be it home, abroad, Premier League, Championships or below that. It's not a worry. I've been in the game long enough so I know how to pitch myself in comfortably anywhere.

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