It will not get better than Sir Alex Ferguson. It just won't.
David Moyes
I'm desperately ambitious, and one of the things I haven't been able to do at Everton is win a trophy.
I got Everton competing at the top end of the league with a midtable budget.
I would still consider myself in the elite group of managers. If it was me against someone else, I'd trust myself.
I've worked for a long time to get myself in a position where maybe I'd be fortunate enough to land one of the big jobs.
I would never have left Everton if it hadn't been Manchester United.
Bryan Gray at Preston gave me a chance, even though Joe Royle and Ian Rush were being linked with the job. He taught me an awful lot about structuring the job and encouraged me to invest in young players.
I've got huge affection for Everton. It was my life for over a decade.
Real Sociedad fans are fantastic; they know that the club is trying to join the other teams who are always in the top part of the table - to get as close to them as possible.
Going back to my playing days, I was at Cambridge United for a couple of seasons, and, of course, Newmarket is just down the road. On my days off, I would go to Newmarket quite often, park up by the gallops, and watch the horses work. It was something else.
Maybe it's old-fashioned, but I've always preferred to see players with my own eyes than on a video or going on somebody else's recommendation. If that means getting up early and taking a flight, then so be it. Our success at Everton came from having a great recruitment team who I made sure were out watching the players.
I took over from Sir Alex, and it was always going to take time, whoever was in charge.
One of the reasons why I wanted to be part of the League Managers Association was because I felt there were an awful lot of foreign coaches coming into these shores, but we were not exporting enough British talent.
I've always been quite strict when it comes to the appearance of my players. I don't want to see earrings in training, things like that.
I'll do everything I can to get West Ham as far up the table as I can.
Celtic's a brilliant football club, and they have an unbelievable fan base - one of the biggest in the world.
At Everton, we have always tried to do good deals and have always tried to buy at the right age and the right price.
We had some glorious nights at Goodison and the fans were superb.
Football has always been in my blood. It's more than just an occupation, but as you get a little bit older and wiser, you want to be able to pick and choose and make sure you get the right club at the right time.
I'm a great believer in the lower leagues, the pyramid system, but there is mileage in having B-teams in England with young players playing competitively.
The Merseyside derby is a terrific game full of passion, full of quality.
It's true that players can take time to settle at a new club. I remember people telling me it took Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic a while - players who became great players for United.
As a young Scottish footballer growing up - I always used to follow Scotland and watch the games - Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, and Joe Jordan were players I looked up to.
The last thing I'd ever want to see is another manager being sacked. I certainly don't like the phrase 'sacking season.'
People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.
I think, with more experience, I'm probably wiser, calmer. You hope you'll be able to use your knowledge a bit better.
I hope I can fulfill all my ambitions at Everton. But you never know in this game.
Alan Shearer was tough, would be hard to play against, a difficult opponent.
I had plenty of opportunities before I went to Spain to stay in England, and I had made a decision that I would go and work in Spain.
I'm always very careful when I'm spending the club's money. I treat it like it's my own, and I always try to sign players for what I feel is the right price.
It's good that we have good managers like Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger in this countr,y but I think we should be trying to send out some of our managers to other countries to help not just the development of themselves but the leagues over here. It can enhance their careers.
I gave everything I could in trying to make Everton the best I could.
I would be very surprised if Phil Neville didn't go into management and possibly Johnny Heitinga, too.
Do I feel I should have been given more time? Of course I do. To go to a club like Manchester United and follow someone like Sir Alex after the time he had been there, to stay for ten months... It couldn't be a revolution at Manchester United; it had to be evolution. It had to take time.
The manager needs to be given the opportunity to get on with his job and be given that time that he needs.
I had a great time at Everton when I was there and came away from that with a lot of high regard.
I think sometimes you need a run and a bit of confidence with getting the goals.
I don't think anyone ever turns down their national team opportunity, but I think it has to be at the right time.
I would like it to be the rules all round the world that that is the case - you manage the country of your birth.
I would never have left Everton for anybody but an ambitious football club. And I thought Manchester United would have given me that opportunity.
I have a point to prove. Sometimes you have to repair things, and maybe I have a little bit that I need to repair.
I hope that the future is great for West Ham.
I love to see goals and attacking play; I want us to be entertaining. But it's no good if you're shipping goals.
I would have to consider the U.S.A. job if I was approached because it's one of the big nations in world football, with massive growth potential.
I've had my down times, as every manager does, but I bounce back pretty quickly.
I was a young manager at Everton and had 11 great years there.
I don't think managers have the opportunity to think in terms of a long-term vision for a club.
In this game, you're on your own. You either sink or swim.
Bill Kenwright has taught me how to deal with people.
You can't ring up another manager and say, 'Who do you think I should pick this week?' But you take the good and bad from people as you go along.
