Top 33 Nigel Pearson Quotes

I treat people fairly. I can’t be dictatorial. We have multicultural dressing rooms and what’s really important is that you have a way of working that brings the best out of everyone.

I like being out there. I’ve done Snowdon, walked a bit of the Cleveland Way, did some of the Coast to Coast.

Sometimes I just need to be out in nature. It’s amazing how much I need time on my own.

I won’t write a book. I haven’t got a magnum opus in me.

The Premier League, the power of it sometimes overtakes the people involved in it.

Whenever you are out of work, you need to take the opportunity to do things you like to do.

I get worn down by people telling you what you can’t do or what the problems are. Go on, give us a solution then.

I enjoyed living abroad. I enjoyed the differences as much as anything.

I’m a human being and I will make mistakes from time to time but what I will say is that any mistakes I make are very honest ones.

It’s never a straightforward thing to do, to be able to inherit a squad. When you’re mid-season it’s never easy to get a team or a squad of players to function exactly the way you want them to.

I’ve been in a few tangles in my time. And a lot of them have been of my own making because of how I feel I need to protect the people I’m working with – that is the players.

Clubs need to take more ownership on how they recruit managers.

One of the things I am grateful for is that I was able to make contact again with Khun Vichai and work with him again. I still have an awful lot of admiration, warmth and respect for how he worked. I still feel that connection to the people I worked with at Leicester.

I love the other side of life, I like to do what interests me. People talk about bucket lists – I hate that. You might as well call it the coffin list.

I think a lot of people, when the word leadership is used, they think of it as quite forceful and quite a rigid thing. I think people think I am like that. But people can lead in different ways.

Some people criticise me for not being animated enough, for sitting in stands and not showing any passion. I come down, get involved in a couple of situations and all of a sudden, it’s a slightly different angle.

People need to know their role to produce performances and results.

The Derby experience had not been good for me and the way it finished left a very bad taste in my mouth so I questioned whether I wanted to go back into management.

For players to perform near their best every week is commendable.

I would like football clubs to be more aware of what their philosophy is, then recruit managers who fit the profile that suits them.

People whose views are swung when you get into these ridiculous debates – I think they’re all nonsense. You’ve got to have a fundamental belief, you’ve got to believe in what you believe in.

I’ve noticed being back in football that, after some anonymity, people recognise you again. It’s a pain in the neck.

I live in Sheffield. I got the train in this morning. I had a walk yesterday afternoon and went to the pub in the evening. My family is very important to me.

When you lose your job and it is about football, I can quickly put things in order and move on.

I hope I retain the appetite to find new things to stimulate me, whether that’s travel or finding new interests. I’ll always go out and enjoy nature and the countryside, because it’s a big part of my life.

Football clubs need to have a better understanding of what the club stands for and how they go about thier business.

I find it quite amusing that it’s feasible that your opponents can have somebody watching you.

When you play the bigger clubs it’s important that when you create chances, you do everything you can to take them.

You always need enough results to buy you time to do things over a longer period of time.

I’m very happy to shoulder the responsibility for my football team.

Part and parcel of trying to understand and recognise your strengths and weaknesses is to be brutally honest with how you reflect on what you are yourself. I can’t fundamentally change what I am.

I never underestimate or overestimate anybody. Really we have to try and find levels of performance for ourselves first.

Going to Belgium proved to be quite a cathartic experience for me because it eventually helped to heal the situation of leaving Leicester too.