Emma Hayes

But I'm grateful for everything I've got and I think that's part of my working-class background.

Would I love to go and get out of here and have a couple of months preparing, I don't know, anywhere in sunshine? Yes. But I think while I'm under employment with Chelsea, I think to talk about another job, even if it was short-term, and I haven't been asked, I think it is so disrespectful.

Every team goes into every season aspiring for every trophy.

Beating Reading's not a shoo-in. They're a good team.

The best players aren't going to America, they're staying in Europe and in fact they're coming to England.

I think the rest of Europe fear our country and our clubs and they're quite right to do so.

It had always been about America, but now, sorry, they lag behind us. English football's time is coming.

The interest is growing. It's a snowball-effect and I can't see anybody getting in the way of England becoming the best place in the world to play.

You want to win more when you win. That's the thing about winning, it becomes addictive.

Scores of little girls are going to run into school the following day and say, 'Did you see Fran Kirby last night?' That for me is as important as winning the game.

I just hope we do start to see more females coaching teams like you see across American sports.

I'm like everyone, I would hope for a fair and equal society and making great strides to create opportunities for women in the men's game.

I remember Borehamwood, I remember the home crowd, I remember that special moment looking at all of our friends and family in the crowd because I don't think we could believe we were European champions.

As coaches we want everything.

I knew I had an unhealthy child, mainly after about the 20th week, so I knew I was battling against it. I did that privately because I think it's important that the team don't deal with that burden - that's my responsibility.

We've always had to play second fiddle to the men in European football.

I was always the minibus driver. I was always the one carrying the balls and the cones.

I had a dream to become Glen Hoddle but never a female equivalent.

I never felt bright enough. I never felt confident. I felt that kid coming out of the council estate, like I was never good enough.

Every time I smacked my right foot to the ground I couldn't absorb shock. So no matter what, I've thought about this a lot, it doesn't matter what my life in football would have looked like, it was so traumatic for me that I just couldn't play the game I loved. And I didn't know how to handle that as a teenager.

We talk about women in football like we are not entitled to the same opportunity and the same access.

I sincerely hope AFC Wimbledon find the right candidate for their football club. The whole point about them not being able to afford me is nothing to do with money, but everything to do with the fact that I'm in the best job in the world. No amount of money is going to tempt me away from that.

Football is represented by a diverse society and within that diverse society men's football does not reflect the diverse society that we live in.

Football is for everyone. It's not for the privileged, it's not for the few, it's not for the elite.

When I see all the boys in the top jobs across our leagues, I'm like: 'Oh my God, the only woman sitting on top of the pile and I'm only there twice a week!' It's brilliant!

I had no ambition to be a football coach. I wanted to be a spy for MI5 or MI6.

I am excited for Chelsea's future. Our owner is a big fan of women's football and he's always asking me what he can do to help.

I'm like any other football manager in that respect, we all live in fear of losing our job.

I have a baby in the house, for any parent it is challenging knowing that you have to find different solutions daily, different routines daily.

My routine is not being at home with a child all day, mine is with a football team.

I snuck an hour to watch Bielsa on YouTube, I love that guy. I watched a video of him talking about tactics and formations against Brazil and I absolutely loved it.

I am happy to play Barcelona in a one-off game, in a neutral venue. Why? Because Spanish teams are tricky.

The fear of losing is sometimes greater than the will to win.

Everybody knows Man City and Chelsea is always a fiercely competitive game.

Get rid of the Continental Cup. Get rid of it, make more league fixtures.

People are getting used to women's football on their screens, so as long as the quality of the product is high, we'll draw fans to the sport.

There's no better platform than to be with Sky. Sky will bring the elevation that the women's game needs. It's a partner that is taking women's sport very seriously and football tops that agenda.

You can't have that many days off in this business.

It was so bizarre. I've never accepted a job as quickly as I accepted the Chelsea one. I said yes, I'll do it, I didn't even ask about the money. I just thought: this is my calling.

That's a big part of who I am - developing mentality, mindsets.

I might have some performance psychology support for individuals but... the best psychologist is the coach.

There's nothing more joyful than when a player, who you don't know if they are going to be able to cut it at the top level, gets their head down and puts everything into their career.

You can't always be on top and dominant throughout.

We have to be even more conscious of the things we do on a day-to-day basis and take into consideration the feelings and sensibilities of others.

I share the concerns around the world about everything from a lack of opportunity to groups of people being oppressed.

Knowledge is always a benefit and to have a better understanding of our player's individual needs will help us.

Understanding the menstrual cycle is just one part of the holistic understanding you need to have of your footballers in order to help them prepare.

Winning breeds more winning, that's what I've learnt. Getting on a roll is important.

I love Brian Clough. I grew up in a household that loved him. To go to his home as a manager will be a really special moment for me.

I don't have a complacent dressing room, thank goodness.