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I've worked for a long time to get myself in a position where maybe I'd be fortunate enough to land one of the big jobs. David Moyes

Time Myself Long Long Time Big Enough Jobs Get Maybe Where Land Worked Fortunate Position

Real Sociedad fans are fantastic; they know that the club is trying to join the other teams who are always in the top part of the table - to get as close to them as possible. David Moyes

Fans Club Other Top Possible Table Join Part Know Always Real Close Get Trying Them Fantastic Who Teams

Manchester United isn't about Wayne Rooney. Manchester United is about the team, the club. David Moyes

Club Wayne About Manchester Manchester United Team United

There is no club in Europe that wouldn't want Van Persie at centre-forward. David Moyes

Club Van Want Europe

If you play for Manchester United, there is always someone out there getting ready to take your jersey. It is up to you to fight and make sure you keep it. David Moyes

You Fight Out Someone Take Make Sure Ready Always Up Getting Manchester Manchester United Your Keep United Jersey Play

In England, I always liked the way Terry Venables worked. David Moyes

Way Liked Always Terry Worked England

I'd been at Everton for more than 11 years. We'd qualified for the Champions League, got to an FA Cup final. I'd been voted manager of the season three times. David Moyes

Three Final More Voted League Qualified Got Been Years Cup Times Than Manager Season Everton Champions Champions League

I would be very surprised if Phil Neville didn't go into management and possibly Johnny Heitinga, too. David Moyes

Management Too Possibly Would Would-Be Johnny Go Surprised Very Phil

I turned down Premier League jobs; I didn't think they were right. David Moyes

Down Think Jobs League Were Turned Premier Premier League Right

I would never have left Everton if it hadn't been Manchester United. David Moyes

Would Never Been Left Manchester Manchester United United Everton

Messi gets kicked by everybody, and he gets up and carries on. Doesn't scream, doesn't fake injury. David Moyes

Everybody Kicked Carries He Messi Fake Up Gets Scream Injury

Maybe it's old-fashioned, but I've always preferred to see players with my own eyes than on a video or going on somebody else's recommendation. If that means getting up early and taking a flight, then so be it. Our success at Everton came from having a great recruitment team who I made sure were out watching the players. David Moyes

Success Great Eyes Made Somebody Own Else Our Out Recommendation See My Own Having Recruitment Taking Sure Always Came Were Up Than Getting Going Maybe Video Preferred Then Means Team Flight Who Old-Fashioned Everton Players Early Watching

Coaches are important, but the senior players at a club are crucial. David Moyes

Important Club Crucial Senior Coaches Players

I have always been an advocate of players and coaches going abroad if that's the right opportunity. David Moyes

Opportunity Abroad Advocate Always Been Going Coaches Right Players

When I took over at Everton, the challenge for us was to try to go toe-to-toe with a club having success in Europe and sometimes competing for the Premier League. David Moyes

Success Sometimes Try Challenge Club Took Having Over League Go Us Premier Premier League Europe Everton Competing

I was very fortunate that I had a great scouting staff at Everton from the academy, because it was those people who got the likes of Ross Barkley and Wayne Rooney when they were young. David Moyes

Great People Young Wayne Those Had Academy Likes Because Got Were Very Scouting Staff Fortunate Who Everton

At the top end I do think it's time we have goal-line technology, I'm not mad on other technology but certainly goal-line technology. David Moyes

Time Technology Think Other Top Mad End Certainly

I think retrospective viewing of diving is nearly more important than some of the technology they are on about bringing in. If you do that and players get banned, it wouldn't take long before you'd cut it out. David Moyes

Everyone needs an opportunity in life. I was given an opportunity as a manager, and you try and take it. David Moyes

Life Needs You Opportunity Try Everyone Given Take Manager

If the price is very cheap then it's almost certainly a fake. David Russell

Price Cheap Almost Fake Very Then Certainly

My parents are artists and they decided they would prefer to paint in the Mediterranean rather than in Scotland. David Russell

Parents Mediterranean Would Rather Scotland Than Artists Decided Prefer Paint

My father kind of had hopes that I was going to become an artist like him - the typical thing. Of course I could play guitar better than him when I was about 12. But I couldn't paint better than him. So I went, 'I'm going to be the guitarist of the house, not the painter.' David Russell

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