1.
I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.
Stuart Pearce
2.
I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.
Stuart Pearce
3.
I do appreciate that the most important thing as manager is to get good results.
Stuart Pearce
4.
The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white.
Stuart Pearce
5.
I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.
Stuart Pearce
6.
But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.
Stuart Pearce
7.
I have seen the film The Alamo and right now I feel like I've got Davy Crockett behind me. Sometimes I feel like I could put my head in a bucket of water
Stuart Pearce
8.
I enjoy making the decisions.
Stuart Pearce
9.
Football's in my blood - and eventually I want to be the one making decisions.
Stuart Pearce
10.
Join the club.
(to Robbie Fowler after the striker missed a penalty against Middlesbrough that cost Man City a European place)
Stuart Pearce
11.
I'm thinking of taking a window cleaner's job to fill the spare hour in the evening.
Stuart Pearce
12.
In a utopia you want to win matches by several goals and by playing a wonderful brand of football. But that's utopia.
Stuart Pearce
13.
I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge.
(on being Manchester City manager)
Stuart Pearce
14.
At this club, all I see is great backing all the way down for me and I will be judged on results like the next man.
(on being Manchester City manager)
Stuart Pearce
15.
I have a big job on my hands now, there is no mistaking that, but I feel as though I have calmness within myself.
(on being Manchester City manager)
Stuart Pearce
16.
His return gives England another key to its bow.
Stuart Pearce
17.
There is a set of rules and a code of conduct that I believe that you should adhere to in life.
Stuart Pearce
18.
It would be absolute folly to rule myself out of any job.
Stuart Pearce
19.
I don't want to portray myself as a hardman in management or anything like that.
Stuart Pearce
20.
I may be able to put a good book tape on in the car on the way home and I will have a smile on my face.
Stuart Pearce
21.
I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open.
Stuart Pearce
22.
I want them to be fully committed to the work place and fully committed to the people they work for.
(on Manchester City players)
Stuart Pearce
23.
I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility.
Stuart Pearce
24.
Make no mistake, you would prefer to work for someone who is going to put their arm around you at times and lift you.
Stuart Pearce
25.
It can be a bit of a hindrance when you walk into a restaurant for a quiet meal and one or two launch into 'psycho, psycho'!
Stuart Pearce
26.
Suddenly, I win the derby and people are talking about England again. It is absolutely pathetic
Stuart Pearce
27.
Glenn is going to bring a couple of sumo costumes down so we might have a dust-up in the technical area, that should make good TV
Stuart Pearce
28.
We are in a results business, so Stuart Pearce being a jolly old boy won't keep me in a job.
Stuart Pearce
29.
Are you in a library or what?!
(on the crowd being quiet)
Stuart Pearce
30.
I am nothing without the players.
Stuart Pearce
31.
If we go out there and do our best every game, then I will take my chances that the results will be more good than bad.
Stuart Pearce
32.
I just get the impression that everyone is willing me to succeed.
Stuart Pearce
33.
If my results are not good I will lose my job.
Stuart Pearce
34.
I am doing the job with the mentality that I am going to be here a long time and I hope that I am.
Stuart Pearce
35.
I hope we get a decision shortly - I will be dead soon.
(on wanting to be Man City manager)
Stuart Pearce
36.
When I look back now I wouldn't say that I cringe, but I start to realize how naive I was then. I feel much better suited for the job now.
(on being Manchester City manager)
Stuart Pearce
37.
There are people who have been in this job for 20 years who will tell you that something new crops up every day.
(on being Manchester City manager)
Stuart Pearce
