League Status Quotes

Once I came out of the First Division with Norwich, it was great.

You want to play in the Premier League, full stop. You don't want to play in the Championship. I've played there and I don't want to play there again for West Ham.

The Premier League is the place to be.

I have the mindset of a mid-level guy or a minimum guy. My path here wasn't expected: my path wasn't that I was going to the NBA and making $16 million a year. So I identify more with those guys, and I want to be a voice for them. I want to help them elevate their status in the league. That's my goal.

The only thing that Celtic doesn't have is the propaganda, which is the Premier League. In every other aspect of football, Celtic is a huge club: fan base, stadium and history. They have a fantastic history. What it doesn't have is the opportunity to play in the Premier League.

The sack is a sad fact of life for football managers. I have been axed three times. The chairman at Notts County was on record as saying it's the worst thing they ever did. Within a couple of years they were one game from losing league status.

The Premier League is at the top, and everyone wants to be in the top leagues.

It's no secret that I think that MLS is a top five, top six league in the world but they're not the top league.

The most important thing is making sure that we survive because Fulham deserves to be in the Premier League - it's a great club with a lot of history.