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I don't see why black should be a negative and it's not negative. The people perpetrating that particular thought are wrong.
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There is a misconception over whether black ex-players can make successful managers.
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Young English managers don't get enough time, young black managers aren't given enough time, there are a lot of reasons why.
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Very much like a disease, we have to tackle the cause of racism, not the symptoms.
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We should be the first to help disadvantaged people. What would happen if other countries decided to follow our example?
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I don't differentiate between racism in football to racism in life so, therefore, as a football manager I knew that I would get racist abuse.
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I would have loved to have been Henry VIII; I would have been big and fat and no one would have cared.
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I used to think you had to be very selfish, but as I get older my views on life change.
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New managers have to come from somewhere, everyone has to be a learner at some point.
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Yes, I went through overt racism as a footballer in the 80s and early 90s but that was, or is, nothing compared to what the average black person in the inner cities of England goes through every day.
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If Arsene Wenger came down to League Two he would have to adapt, he couldn't work in the same way he works at Arsenal.
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I'm desperate to work in football. I could make a lot more money doing other things but this is what I want to do.
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We have to look at it holistically and as a whole and say let us tackle racism or discrimination in life. Then you can look to get rid of it in football.
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If every racist who came to football was silenced, football stadiums would still be full of racists. Racism is everywhere in our society, it is inside every one of us.
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Until we change our perception of a BAME person's capabilities, in all walks of life, we will be given less opportunities and less time to succeed.
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Just by saying it is wrong to be racist and saying we are going to arrest people and kick them out of stadiums does not stop them being racist.
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You love football because of the game, not because of some idiot who is going to shout at your from across the street.
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Because I have experienced a prosperous, healthy and happy existence, I must have been a decent person in a past life.
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African society and culture varies much more than European society but it's just considered 'Africa' as if they are all the same.
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Generally speaking, ego isn't a good thing. Humility is the most important quality in a human being.
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White players always said to me: 'You can call me 'a white so and so,' I don't mind.' But that's because society has indoctrinated us over the past 400 years to think that that's like saying 'you handsome so and so.'
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There wasn't a game in the Eighties when you didn't get racial abuse as a black player.
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Most people would accept that we are, to a certain extent, products of our environment.
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If you believe you always have to sign players and the players start to believe that, that's when you lose matches.
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I think the only thing you should be judged on is your performance in whatever field you happen to be in.
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As I've been saying for decades, as long as racism exists in society, it will exist in all facets of society. Until we eradicate it from society, football will be like any other industry.
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Just passing laws saying you are not allowed to be racist won't work. You need an educational system in place.
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What I say about myself, black footballers or black pop stars is that we have been 'elevated out of blackness.' Because when people see us, they don't see us as being black. These are the issues that we should address.
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There are lots of different ways of playing football. It depends on how tall you are, what position you're in.
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Racism is never personal - it's about someone saying the group I am part of is superior to the group you are part of.
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Britain has always told the world that being British is about the humanity, compassion and moral fortitude that we have. All great things that we are supposed to have spread across the world. A leave vote now says that we don't really care about anyone else, we don't care what happens to the European Union.
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I moved into midfield because I ruptured my Achilles tendon and couldn't run anymore - it's not what I wanted to do, it's what I had to do!
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I am no different from a lot of people. I am concerned for the future of my children and concerned for the future of all children.
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I was a real fast food junkie - KFC, McDonald's - but all the training kept it off.
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A white manager loses his job and gets another job, he loses his job, he gets another job. Very few black managers can lose their job and get another job.
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I don't have to manage a big club. That won't fulfil me. I will get more satisfaction from the work that I put in than where I am.
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For a long time, images of black men with big lips and a round head were used to make us feel inferior, but it doesn't need to be like that, we don't need to self'loathe. We can change the narrative.
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Yes, my clothes don't reflect my personality at all. Because I'm a very straightforward and serious person. My clothes are much flasher than I am. Yeh. Yeh, yeh. It's a good contrast. I don't think your clothes should reflect your personality... keep people on their toes.
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Football is a socialist sport. Financially, some may receive more rewards than others but, from a footballing perspective, for 90 minutes, regardless of whether you are Lionel Messi or the substitute right-back for Argentina, you are all working to the same end.
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