Graeme Souness

I was always - and I have no idea where it came from - a confident boy. And when I look at how I've lived my life that's how I've lived it. ”

You get rejection throughout your life and that shapes you eventually to what you become. ”

Whatever happens will happen, that's the rollercoaster of life. What matters is how you handle the slumps. ”

It is really strange how life works, isn't it? ”

I came from a working class family. We lived in a prefab. We had nothing, but we had everything. I was out of the house at 12 to live with my grandmother, who was on her own, and I was expected to be the man about the house. At 15, I was living in digs in London after signing for Tottenham. ”

When you're a player, you only really have to look after yourself. And then you go into management, and you've got 30 players' welfare to keep an eye on. ”

I was not satisfied at Rangers, not by a long way. I have hassles there, I had obstacles placed in front of me, and certain things never sat easily on my shoulders, and never will. ”

Some people can get there in three or four games, some need eight or nine, but after 11 games, if you've been playing regularly, you're match-fit. ”

I'm not sure about Richarlison. I like him, I liked him when he was at Watford and he started well at Everton but would his preferred position be out on the left and cutting in? I'm not sure. ”

I don't think anybody is looking at Mario Balotelli and thinking 'I'm going to work as hard as him.' ”