When I stop playing I'll want a new challenge. I couldn't just do nothing. — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
We are trying to make football so pure and sterile it becomes unrealistic. — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
You can't build teams with drastic changes or a drastic swing of players. — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
After a couple of sessions you know if a coach knows what he is doing. — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
On the field, I was probably coaching more, helping players and doing my coaching badges. — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
You can play all the games you want as a professional footballer, but when you go into coaching it's just totally different. — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
My England career had been very up and down - I had been involved in some squads, and not in others, so… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
We want hungry players, players who have a burning ambition to play in the Premier League and stay in the Premier League… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
Management isn't just about tactics and what happens on the training ground or in a game. Of course you need those skills.… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
I had a fantastic time at Fulham, I'm very, very proud to lead the club, I have nothing but admiration. — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
There is a process at Fulham how they sign players. The owner is the owner, but I do have a say and… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
I'm familiar with Bournemouth because of my relationship with Harry Arter. It's a football club I know well from watching him over… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
I realise I have to adapt my game a bit at international level; that the combativeness in the Premier League is a… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
You see it every week, when a player makes a mistake, his first action is to try and put it right, and… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
I came from Charlton, and no disrespect to them, but I was there from the age of nine and going to Chelsea… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
And, for me, there is a passion in managing or coaching, whether it is working on a training ground or dealing with… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be negative and say it's fine to lose three or four on the bounce, of course not, but… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
People talk about my age, but you could probably include me in that. I haven't got a lot of experience at international… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
I defend and track my runners but, if there's another big asset you need as a midfielder, it's to score goals. I… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
I really want to make Charlton a stable side in the Premier League but I'd be lying if I said England wasn't… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
When you're at a football club, the heart and soul of it is bigger than a win or a loss, so I'd… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
World-class midfield players get their share of goals and that's something I want to add to my game. — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
You always worry about how the players are seeing it when you're losing games, so you've got to keep your messages very… — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
In football, especially at international level, opportunities come along and you have to grab them. — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
I used a psychologist when I was playing, It's one of the most powerful things: how you can have a concrete head and not… — Scott Parker Copy Share
As a manager, first and foremost I want a team with a good mentality, a team with character, a team that represents the club… — Scott Parker Copy Share
I think experience is vital for that. You become wiser: you know where to be, what positions to take up, how to play it. — Scott Parker Copy Share
The facts are, the reality is, you can't really enjoy it. You win a football match and by the time you get to Saturday… — Scott Parker Copy Share
I had a fantastic time at Fulham, I'm very, very proud to lead the club, I have nothing but admiration. — Scott Parker Copy Share
You see it every week, when a player makes a mistake, his first action is to try and put it right, and nine times… — Scott Parker Copy Share
“If prostitution is the oldest profession, then love is the world’s oldest problem, and it’s a dodgy sport.” — Scott Parker Copy Share
When you are pushed out of your comfort zone, that's when you realise you may have to learn a little bit more. — Scott Parker Copy Share
“Personally I believe sometimes ugly things happen to good people and sometimes good people do awful things.” — Scott Parker Copy Share
When my boy has lost 4-0 on a Sunday morning, I'm the Dad in the car saying: 'OK mate, don't worry, we can do… — Scott Parker Copy Share
At the back end of my career I'd put myself in the situations you see in changing rooms. Where there is conflict, arguments, fights,… — Scott Parker Copy Share
I like dealing with people. I like being around people, and that side of me can try to get the best out of others,… — Scott Parker Copy Share
If someone a lot quicker than me was running past, I might have pulled his shirt. — Scott Parker Copy Share
