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Growing up as a kid, I played for Wallsend Boys Club, a famous boys club. I had such a good childhood and upbringing there.
Michael Carrick
Good
Club
Kid
Had
Boy
Up
Upbringing
Childhood
Famous
Good Childhood
Growing
Growing Up
Played
It wasn't until I started my coaching badges that I found that I enjoyed it.
Michael Carrick
Until
Coaching
Found
Enjoyed
Started
I'm doing things in Manchester with the Trafford Sports Park in partnership with the Manchester United foundation and I'm also doing things in Newcastle as well. It's something I'm passionate about.
Michael Carrick
Sports
About
Something
Park
Also
Well
Partnership
Doing
Passionate
Manchester
Manchester United
Newcastle
United
Foundation
Things
I do not take winning things for granted.
Michael Carrick
Winning
Take
Granted
Things
I was relegated with West Ham and you never forget that. Going down, playing in the Championship, I constantly remind myself of that. I still remember the feeling, without doubt, I wouldn't allow myself to forget it.
Michael Carrick
Myself
You
Remember
Feeling
Doubt
Down
Constantly
Allow
Never
Never Forget
Remind
Without
Still
Ham
West
Forget
Going
Championship
Playing
You set out to be a footballer, when you're young, and you think I'd love to do that. There's plenty of things along the way that could change that, and it's the same thing now with being a manager, it's time will tell how it goes.
Michael Carrick
Love
Time
You
Change
Will
Young
Same Thing
Think
Way
Plenty
Out
Tell
Could
Footballer
Along
How
Same
Goes
Manager
Being
Now
Thing
Things
Set
A decent player doesn't automatically make a decent manager, I know that. But I will do everything I possibly can.
Michael Carrick
Will
Everything
Possibly
Know
Make
Manager
Decent
Automatically
Player
The expectation at United is to win every game and you have to be at your very best in training, never mind in the games.
Michael Carrick
Best
You
Game
Training
Win
Mind
Expectation
Every
Never
Very
Your
Games
United
I've had a decent career, I've been a decent player but coaching is a whole different ball game. I can take the experience that I've got but there's so much more to it than that and I'd never take it for granted and just say I can jump into a new role and it will be easy and a breeze because I know it won't be like that.
Michael Carrick
Game
Experience
Will
Say
Easy
More
Take
Never
Had
Never Take
New
Like
Know
Because
Ball
Ball Game
Got
Been
Jump
Than
Role
Just
Decent
Different
Much
Breeze
Coaching
Granted
Whole
Player
Career
When I left West Ham in 2004 there was a chance of them signing me instead of Spurs, but it isn't something I think about too often. I've been spoilt during my career.
Michael Carrick
Me
Think
Too
Signing
About
Something
Instead
Spoilt
Ham
Been
West
Spurs
Left
Often
Them
Career
Chance
My worst moment in football was losing that Champions League final to Barca in Rome.
Michael Carrick
Losing
Final
Worst
Football
League
Rome
Moment
Champions
Champions League
My favourite game has to be winning the Champions League against Chelsea in 2008, because nothing can top that. My favourite goal was at Wigan in 2009, which came late in the game and pretty much clinched the title for us that year.
Michael Carrick
Game
Year
Nothing
Late
Top
Favourite
Pretty
Winning
League
Because
Chelsea
Came
Goal
Which
Title
Against
Us
Much
Champions
Champions League
I think with England, I look at myself and accept that I didn't do well enough; then, other times, I was playing my best football for United and England didn't happen.
Michael Carrick
Best
Myself
Think
Other
Enough
Football
Look
Well
Well Enough
Accept
Times
Happen
Then
England
United
Playing
A small squad means everyone feels part of it and integrated.
Michael Laudrup
Everyone
Small
Part
Feels
Integrated
Squad
Means
We can all have a bad day. It happens for me as well.
Michael Laudrup
Day
Me
Bad Day
Bad
Well
Happens
You can't play with fear in football. There is a lot of respect - you have respect for everybody, the ones on top and the bottom - but never fear.
Michael Laudrup
You
Respect
Fear
Everybody
Top
Never
Football
Bottom
Lot
Play
If you lose a player who scores seven, eight, or nine goals, you have to find another one.
Michael Laudrup
You
Goals
Lose
Nine
Seven
Find
Another
Scores
Eight
Who
Player
I think there are a lot of great strikers in Europe.
Michael Laudrup
Great
Think
Lot
Europe
That is one of the problems big teams face - their rivals always take the field very motivated, and I say this from experience.
Michael Laudrup
Experience
Problems
Face
Big
Field
Say
One Of The Problems
Take
Rivals
Always
Motivated
Very
Teams
I do not like to use a player solely to make a member of the opposing team, for one simple reason: when we cannot retrieve the ball, we are forced to defend with ten men, giving the opponents an advantage.
Michael Laudrup
Simple
Men
Giving
Opposing
Solely
We Cannot
Member
Ten
Simple Reason
Advantage
Like
Retrieve
Make
Forced
Ball
Opponents
Cannot
Use
Team
Reason
Player
Defend
The Copa del Rey is a different competition. It is football in its purest form and is different from the continuity of the league.
Michael Laudrup
Competition
Purest
Purest Form
Football
League
Continuity
Different
Form
If something happens for one season, for me, it is a coincidence. Twice, we can start talking about it.
Michael Laudrup
Me
About
Something
Talking
Happens
Season
Twice
Start
Coincidence
It's impossible to always move forward, but sometimes even maintaining the status quo is enough.
Michael Laudrup
Sometimes
Impossible
Enough
Status
Status Quo
Maintaining
Always
Move
Move Forward
Quo
Forward
Even
Robben is more of a one-on-one individualist. He's a player who can decide a game.
Michael Laudrup
Game
One-On-One
More
He
Individualist
Decide
Who
Player
Circulation of the ball is important, but it's only useful if you can give it to someone who can make the difference.
Michael Laudrup
You
Important
Circulation
Someone
Give
Only
Make
Ball
Difference
Useful
Who
In the end, we all want to win, and you have to use all the resources at your disposal.
Michael Laudrup
You
Win
Resources
End
Want
In The End
Use
Your
Disposal
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