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Mark Hughes
Mark Hughes
Welsh Athlete
Born: Nov 1, 1963
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I suddenly thought, if I was going to make a go of it, I was going to have to look after myself and not keep apologising for knocking people over. That transformed my career. Mark Hughes
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I had no direct experience of a relegation scrap, but with Wales, I never had the luxury of being allowed to lose games. I was under pressure to win even the friendlies. Mark Hughes
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Clearly, there comes a point where you have to demand from your front guys; goals is what sustain attackers. Mark Hughes
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If you are loose and not quite taking clear-cut chances in training, then clearly you are not going to do that come match time. Mark Hughes
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If we are going to ask questions of the defensive guys, then we are going to ask questions of the guys at the top end as well. Mark Hughes
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They say that pace is the first thing to go, but my game was never based on pace. It was about strength and power and withstanding challenges and getting in the right position. Mark Hughes
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As a player, I had no idea whatsoever about getting a team ready for a game, what it entails. Mark Hughes
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When I first signed schoolboy forms for United, as a midfield player, I felt for a while that I was just treading water. Mark Hughes
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All the major sports have video reviews, and for some reason, the Premier League, which is watched all around the world, is still in the dark ages. Mark Hughes
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I remember Ron Atkinson used to play in the sessions at Manchester United when he was the manager. Rated himself as a player. Mark Hughes
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At City, I didn't realise how much we had to do until we got there. Here, I didn't need to change the staff because there is quality already. So they certainly don't need me getting in the way in training by trying to show I can still play. No way. Mark Hughes
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Attacking football is what I want to watch as a manager; it's what I want from my teams. It's easier to be destructive and get people behind the ball than to be constructive and creative. Mark Hughes
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Competing in the Premier League is more difficult than winning trophies in plenty of countries abroad. Mark Hughes
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I've never tried to artificially create distance between myself and the players. Mark Hughes
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Sometimes you have to park things you're not happy with, because there are more important things to be done. Mark Hughes
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I always wanted to win, but I only used to get upset if I hadn't done myself and the people around me proud - that was my motivation for always wanting to do better. Mark Hughes
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Sometimes the manager actually is the glue that holds everything together, and when you take that manager out, sometimes that's when things start to go really wrong. Mark Hughes
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You can't manage one size fits all; you've just got to know your group and know what ticks players' boxes. Mark Hughes
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My job as a manager is to get the best out of your players. Sometimes you get it wrong, and you won't get the response that you want, but we all face that every single day. Mark Hughes
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Players' moods change on a daily basis, so it depends how you find your players, and up to you to get the best out of them. Mark Hughes
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You've got two huge clubs in Manchester that have got 'celebrity' managers, huge resources, massive turnovers. They can generate resources the rest of us can only imagine, and that's before the TV money even kicks in. Mark Hughes
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If Ryan Giggs was plying his trade and been the player he had been here in a foreign league, he would go straight from playing to an AC Milan or Inter Milan or any top European club out of the mix. Mark Hughes
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When I come away from the ground, I'm quite quiet, but I like match day - that's when I come alive. Mark Hughes
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Management is not about shouting and bawling, because some guys will not like that. They take it personally. Mark Hughes
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I try, when I go into places, not to belittle what's gone before, because I know how difficult it is to manage, and everybody does it differently. Mark Hughes
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As a player, when you get beaten, you can comfort yourself by saying you did reasonably well. As a manager, when you get beaten, you think it's all your fault, but 70,000 people and all those watching on television know it's your fault. Mark Hughes
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