I have been relegated as a player, and I have suffered the feeling of failure. It is awful, and when you are part of an international outfit that gets so close, and you don't do it, it is not a good feeling. I don't want that again. I want to be part of a team that does something no one else has done.
— Chris Coleman
When I was at Swansea, I lost Alan Davies, who was only 30.
Northern Ireland, England, Scotland - when we play each other, you don't want to lose to a neighbouring country.
I surround myself, not with yes men, but people who have their own ideas and are on board with with I want to do.
Being a manager is the closest buzz I'll ever get to playing. For every low, you get a high, and that becomes an addiction and a feeling you are always chasing.
Football can change really quickly; you really are king for a day. Once you get caught up with things and think you've arrived... you've never arrived in football.
Football is whatever you want to play.
When you have players like Aaron Ramsey, Gareth Bale, and Joe Allen, you've got to play football.
My next job after Wales, whenever that is, will be somewhere abroad.
I'm a Welshman through and through.
I'm a believer that you're as good as your best game because that's the level that you can get to.
Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.
It's difficult when you're young and you're not playing for your club.
I think, from our point of view, my opinion is that La Liga, the tempo and physicality is completely different to the Premier League. Technically, some of the teams there are absolutely tip top.
I thought the first Welsh team I played in was the golden generation, with Neville Southall, Mark Hughes, Ian Rush, Dean Saunders, Gary Speed, and Ryan Giggs.
I've got a strong relationship with Kit Symons.
I know Roy Hodgson very well; he rarely changes tactically.
My best mates are my mates from school, and we have always stayed close.
I don't spend enough time with my children, but when I am with them, I like to help them with their homework - even though they know more than me!
Wales was a great pleasure. It's the biggest honor I've ever had, to lead my country.
It's not so nice when you don't feel wanted.
I'm really happy for Sam Vokes. He doesn't always start, but he always turns up and works so hard.
To manage another country? No, I wouldn't. That's not something I would consider.
You take someone like Gareth Bale out of your team, and you are going to miss that.
Ability-wise, when you see the best of Aaron Ramsey... at his best, is he good enough for Barcelona? Yes he is, at his best.
I've had more failures than I've had success, but I'm not afraid to fail.
Where do you go from Real Madrid that's better? There's one or two clubs up there but none better.
The dressing room is not the place where you show emotion.
Robbie James, who was a real good friend of mine, died on the pitch at 40.
Every job I've taken, I like to bring in some new faces.
When you are being bullied a long way from home, when you face that challenge, that is where you find out a lot about yourself.
I can remember when I was a 17-year-old at Swansea and Terry Yorath and Tommy Hutchison were in charge.
I've known John Toshack a long, long time because I grew up with his son Cameron. If he was English, there is no doubt that he would be mentioned in the same breath as someone like Terry Venables.
I've watched parents sometimes on the touchlines at youth games, and they are screaming and shouting, which is not the way to go.
It's nice to be in an environment where you feel wanted.
For Ashley Williams, he doesn't score many, but what a leader.
Champions League football in the Premier League - you're talking about the top, big, massive clubs, and it's not something I think I'd get linked with.
It doesn't help me to burn bridges, but I'm not going to sit back and be given blame when I don't deserve it.
Everybody fails.
Don't be afraid to have dreams.
You work all your life to get the top; you don't want to give that up.
Players hold a lot of their emotions in.
