Quotes About Stuart Pearce

#1. Everyone remembers Stuart Pearce as a determined, aggressive player, who played with great heart and enthusiasm that gave him a great career in the game.

Alex Ferguson

#2. Stuart is good for Manchester City. It is not hard to see his passion for the game, and his commitment.
(on Stuart Pearce)

Robbie Fowler

#3. I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was.
(on Manchester City)

Alex Ferguson

#4. Stuart Pearce will be a massive influence but we also need ten others to be
massive influences

Kevin Keegan

#5. I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility.

Stuart Pearce

#6. I hope we get a decision shortly - I will be dead soon.
(on wanting to be Man City manager)

Stuart Pearce

#7. I enjoy making the decisions.

Stuart Pearce

#8. 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

#9. I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.

Stuart Pearce

#10. I just get the impression that everyone is willing me to succeed.

Stuart Pearce

#11. I do appreciate that the most important thing as manager is to get good results.

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#12. I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open.

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#13. I don't want to portray myself as a hardman in management or anything like that.

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#14. 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.

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#15. 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

#16. I am nothing without the players.

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#17. I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

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#18. I want them to be fully committed to the work place and fully committed to the people they work for.

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#19. Make no mistake, you would prefer to work for someone who is going to put their arm around you at times and lift you.

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#20. 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)

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#21. 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

#22. I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge.

Stuart Pearce

#23. 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.

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#24. Football's in my blood - and eventually I want to be the one making decisions.

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#25. Join the club.
(to Robbie Fowler after the striker missed a penalty against Middlesbrough that cost Man City a European place)

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#26. I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.

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#27. There is a set of rules and a code of conduct that I believe that you should adhere to in life.

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#28. I am doing the job with the mentality that I am going to be here a long time and I hope that I am.

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#29. If my results are not good I will lose my job.

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#30. I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way.

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#31. His return gives England another key to its bow.

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