81 Quotes by Phil Neville

Whether you're male or female, going to a World Cup is the biggest thing that will ever happen in your life.

I'll definitely play cricket again, but only socially. I've still got a lot of friends at my local team, Green Mount, and I do miss playing, but I don't regret anything.

When it came to Sociedad, I didn't want to come back into football so soon after the Manchester United experience.

I love positivity. I'm always saying, 'Well done' - maybe too often, in fact.

The biggest thing I will miss is 4 July when Everton are due back for pre-season training. I loved that day. I lived for it, getting back with the lads.

When I'm retired, I want to be able to tell my kids I played in a European Cup final. I don't want to have to say I watched one from the substitutes' bench, then kept getting knocked out in the quarters and semis.

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.

A takeover or a player doing something wrong can take the focus away from what the most important thing is, which is to play football.

My passion is coaching, and I see myself more as a head coach with a more continental approach, in charge of football, running the training programme, the players.