Pep is not the best coach in the world. I prefer Mourinho. He is the No.1, because Mourinho is more transparent and more direct than Guardiola.
Being a soccer coach is just like being a general who has the responsibility of guiding his troops into battle. If a coach acts too emotionally on the bench, his players cannot focus on their game on the field.
I was about five or six when I went to the little foundation camps. I got into the academy when I was nine, and I've gone through every age group since and into the first team.
At six years old, our son had friends who played soccer from 4 P.M. to 7 P.M., Monday through Friday. A six-year-old practicing as much as a Division I athlete.
If I could, I'd change the way I came up through the football ranks. I'd love to have had an academy life the way the boys have it. I think female footballers would be so much better for having that opportunity, and we'd be more effective because we would be better players.
Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
It's not easy to break into an Arsenal team from youth.
I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.
I had a lot of dealings with Bergkamp. I started with the under-17s at Ajax, and he was the assistant coach. Once or twice a week, we had individual one-to-one training sessions. You just watched Bergkamp. When you see him in training, he had skills that a guy just shouldn't be allowed to have.
I've been lucky enough to experience some big tournaments at Under-21 level and would love to be part of a World Cup in England.
These technical flicks and tricks come naturally to me and I don't really think about them. I did a backheel against Udinese and the coach would've strangled me if he could have!
Germany is where I had to become a true professional. They play in big games when they are young. We could model some of our soccer system after what they do.
I've always wanted to become a professional soccer player.
There aren't many English managers, I suppose, who've had the sort of career that I've had, outside the country. With the amount of money that is going around in the Premier League, not many people are tempted to move abroad.
Even all the top players going to Europe to play helps soccer in America, as do all the MLS players like Beckham and all that, they're trying to promote it. At the end of the day it's about getting the younger generation interested at an early age so most of them will move on and play.
I'm being told I've become an inspiration to a lot of young soccer players in Edmonton and to me, that's just awesome.
Managing in the Premier League isn't something I am fearful of.
When I played for Boston Breakers in my early twenties, I really stepped up my training, which meant running drills until you're sick.
I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.
When I came back to England after my stint with Derby in 1995, I really wanted more time to study coaching.
I didn't know there was such a thing as professional soccer, but I knew that Brazil had a women's team that competed against other countries, and I wanted to be on that team.
It wasn't until I started my coaching badges that I found that I enjoyed it.
I first got involved in soccer when I was three years old. And I played until I was sixteen, so for thirteen years, and I love it.
I would never close the door on coaching in Mexico.
If you ever look at my history of coaching in South Africa, no team has ever gone down. And I'm talking about places in the league. They've always gone up.
