Don't forget this club nearly went out of extinction last year.

- Alan Smith

I understand football. I have always been a good footballer, and that gets overlooked by most people.

- Alan Smith

Regardless of whether it is playing for your school team or playing for Manchester United, winning is great.

- Alan Smith

You can take a sidewards step in the Premier League, go to a team in the Championship or come to a team in League One.

- Alan Smith

I know, if I am playing well, I can be as good as anyone, and I want to show people who write you off and forget about you.

- Alan Smith

I might be too emotional to be a manager. You love your players, don't you? And I'm not sure I could leave them out. I know how it feels.

- Alan Smith

In hindsight, that time out of football gives you the hunger to want to get back to basics and play football.

- Alan Smith

It is always nice to get to finals, but never nice to lose in them.

- Alan Smith

The decisions I've made have not always been the most popular, but when I look back, I want to know I've played for good football teams.

- Alan Smith

When you're a kid that's all you want to do, go out and play football.

- Alan Smith

You've got to make sure every decision you make is right for you as a person. If you think you can go to a better club than the one you're at, then, regardless of what anyone says, you should go.

- Alan Smith