You are under pressure when you play to avoid relegation.
We want to do what is good for Cardiff and for the long-term survival, and hopefully Cardiff can be around for a long time and, God willing, be around in the Premier League.
Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.
If the Indy Racing League didn't have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.
For eight years at West Ham, I made a profit. And I kept them in the Premier League. Took them into Europe.
After I got to the NBA, I had one goal: stay in the league for a while.
You can't flirt with relegation every year.
It's a tough grind sometimes. Playing 82 games and the travel, it can wear you down. It's definitely something you have to learn and adjust to. If you don't, you can play your way out of the league very quickly.
Obviously, when I signed for Middlesbrough, I was hoping that we would stay up and that I'd be a big player for them in the Premier League.
That's why it's hardest to win a Premier League instead of a Champions League - because it's over 38 games. You can't play well in every game, but it's about grinding out results.
Too many times I have had to sacrifice a trophy or the chance of winning one because the owners have said you have to stay in the Premier League at all costs.
My main aim is to finish as high up the top of the Premier League as possible. I have the ability to help teams survive.
