Alan Pardew Quotes

Living in South Africa has had a very profound impact on my career.

Working abroad made me better.

As you go through your career you learn what works for you and what doesn't and you pick things up with experience.

In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.

I'm always really excited to try something new in my profession that I haven't done yet.

Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile. Travel abroad and learn to live in other cultures. That's one of the things about teaching abroad.

I feel that working now is the way for me to learn things, whether it's languages or another activity.

There are some aspects of work you need to keep working on and no matter what environment you are in. Continuous learning is very important. It's what I call 'competitive tension', which is about having a competition around.

With what I have learned in Italy, if I have the chance to learn something more in England I think it would make me a more complete, better player.

Moving abroad brings you on both as a player and a person.

I must say I have turned down several great companies, so I'd probably say I have to keep learning.

I have definitely learned a lot from playing in different countries and in different styles of football, and I feel very happy now with Al Ain.

When I came to Chelsea and worked with Mourinho, it was my first time abroad, so that was an important stage for me.

I wanted a new experience, to learn another language. I wanted to be different. I wanted people to realise I'm taking my coaching career very seriously. I wanted to create my own pathway.

I would encourage everyone in their first job not to ask themselves, 'Where do I want to be?' but 'What do I want to learn from this?' Use that opportunity to be a sponge.

I think your personal evolution runs hand in hand with your professional evolution. Performance and the person you are kind of grow simultaneously.

Today in coaching, it's a two-way street. They can fire you whenever they want. Bottom line: It's all about what you can do to better yourself professionally. This is a better move.

After more than twenty-five years in television, there are days when I feel like I'm just beginning, because I'm learning new things. I want to be better all the time.

My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I've spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.

My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

I've never been in any country for more than four years, and I'm learning different languages all the time. It gives you a different attitude.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.

I still take acting, singing, and dance classes. I think no matter where you go in your career, you can always learn more and better yourself.

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.