Steve Bruce

I never thought I'd be in a position like I was at Aston Villa where people weren't going to get paid on…

— Steve Bruce

My dad worked all his life, an engineer, 30 years, week in, week out at the same machine. That is mind-boggling to…

— Steve Bruce

Only those who have lost their parents will know what it is like. It is horrific, it is hard and it breaks…

— Steve Bruce

I've been fortunate enough to win the FA Cup as a player but it's taken me 15 years as a manager to…

— Steve Bruce

I was just too young to retire as a 52-year-old. I didn't want to be going out of football after loving it…

— Steve Bruce

The Hull job had been offered to me and while watching Chelsea against Bayern Munich I was thinking: 'I'm going to give…

— Steve Bruce

When I got the sack from Huddersfield it hurt me badly. I became reclusive, I never went to a match, don't think…

— Steve Bruce

For any Geordie, if you can't manage to play for Newcastle, then to get back and manage them it's something special.

— Steve Bruce

If there is one thing that runs through all Geordies, from grandmas to small children, it is a love of Newcastle United.

— Steve Bruce

I know what it means to the supporters of Newcastle to try and win something and realistically, the cup competitions are our…

— Steve Bruce

When I was younger I was a nightmare. I let people down. I resigned from Sheffield United because things were promised to…

— Steve Bruce

From a playing or managing point of view relegation is a blot on your CV that you don't want, but you have…

— Steve Bruce

You know, I'm not one of these where football is everything in my life. It never has been and there have always…

— Steve Bruce

Coming to manage Newcastle was never going to be easy. But there was never a side to me that thought, 'Oh no,…

— Steve Bruce

One of the hardest parts of management is trying to bring a club back after it's been relegated because there is a…

— Steve Bruce

They rejected me as a player. Newcastle said I wasn't going to be big or strong enough to make the grade, Burnley…

— Steve Bruce

I was never blessed with any real ability but I loved the game and made up for anything I lacked with sheer…

— Steve Bruce

I was player-manager at Sheffield United. I played my last ever game for them. It was terrible. We lost 4-1, I think…

— Steve Bruce

When you're 1-1 against Manchester United and you're trying to get the winner with five minutes to play, the fans play their…

— Steve Bruce

Call me old fashioned, but we're now holding umbrellas up as our players get off a plane. Do they need that? It's…

— Steve Bruce

In football, you can never say anything is certain. The benchmark is 38-40 points. That has always been the case. That will…

— Steve Bruce

My loyalty was questioned for a long time when I was younger, and that's understandable. I found it very difficult to conform…

— Steve Bruce

In the dressing room there is nothing better than when a good player walks through the door and the guys say 'I'm…

— Steve Bruce

A lot of people forget that I played for seven years in the lower divisions; it wasn't always 'this glittering career.' I…

— Steve Bruce

The one thing that's easy to do is go and sign players. What you've got to try and do is try and…

— Steve Bruce

Management, whether you're managing in the lower division or you're right at the top, is about getting the best out of what…

— Steve Bruce

A lot of businessman come into football find it difficult. They think because they have more money to throw at it, that…

— Steve Bruce