I think, with more experience, I'm probably wiser, calmer. You hope you'll be able to use your knowledge a bit better.

We had a really good club at Everton who gave me the opportunity to do the job the way I felt it needed to be done.

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 don't think I'm any worse for my bad experiences. Actually, they have made me better.

I've had my down times, as every manager does, but I bounce back pretty quickly.

If you want to keep your best players, you need top European football because they want to be involved in that.

I think I'm capable of doing the job at any club in the world, so I'm sure I can do it at West Ham.

Everyone needs an opportunity in life. I was given an opportunity as a manager, and you try and take it.

I worked hard at Preston.

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.

I've got huge affection for Everton. It was my life for over a decade.

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.

You don't manage more than 900 games, mostly in the top half of the Premier League, if you haven't got something that enables you to cope with pressure.

I'll answer as many questions as I can, but when people have a contract at other football clubs, I think it's wrong to talk about them.

In this game, you're on your own. You either sink or swim.

I was a young manager at Everton and had 11 great years there.

I would never speak about players at other football clubs - I think it's wrong. It's not my style.

I was very fortunate that I had a great scouting staff at Everton from the academy, because it was those people who got the likes of Ross Barkley and Wayne Rooney when they were young.

You're never going to go through a season with no injuries.

I got Everton competing at the top end of the league with a midtable budget.

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.

At Everton, we have always tried to do good deals and have always tried to buy at the right age and the right price.

I'm going to be direct with the players. If they don't like it, then I'm sorry.

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.