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Tony Adams

Profession : Manager

Birth : October 10, 1966

He said: 'I've turned down every club in the world.' But he would've been sacked after a year at Madrid. He would've had to go to from club to club. But, at Arsenal, he's got total dominance. The board do nothing. Arsene has a free rein.

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I was married to the club for 23 years so Arsenal are like an ex-wife.

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Arsene, essentially, is not a coach.

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Don Howe taught me. Terry Burton taught me. Terry Venables taught me. George Graham taught me. They taught me how to defend, how to work lines, how to push up. ArsEne's a better physiologist than all of them. Better economist than all of them. I would say better psychologist than all of them. He is one of the greatest managers of all time.

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My doctor said: 'A midlife crisis is completely normal.' But I felt, because I was supersober, I can't have these problems. Of course I can.

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I drank for effect because I didn't even like the taste. But the thoughts and feelings are all the same, when I talk to a gambling addict it's exactly the same thoughts and feelings that I went through. The addict, in particular, is very complicated.

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I think when I got enough pain and I was broken enough, and I got to my bottom, it enabled me enough to ask for help. But I needed a lot of pain.

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Back in the day I said in an interview coaching wasn't Arsene's strong point. Actually in the original draft, I said he couldn't coach his way out of a paper bag. And though I modified that in the final article, it didn't go down well.

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Until you were playing regularly as an Arsenal player, you weren't judged. Going into management is completely different. You still have to learn the job but... bang! It's on you.

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My skin is quite thick now.

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Players are not scared of managers any more. The clubs have done that. Society has done that. The game has done that. It has taken away the power of the manager.

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It's too emotionally unhealthy for me to try and help people who don't want it.

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When I left Portsmouth, I vowed to only work for people I liked.

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Captaining your country, going out at Wembley, captaining Arsenal to 10 trophies, playing your first game - they're all amazing things. But, phew, saving people's lives takes it out of all context.

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Sometimes I have put myself on the cross in sobriety, definitely the early years.

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When I was at the bottom, you see, football was off the radar.

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Addictions within football, we're talking gambling. Premier League, it's a bit of an epidemic to be honest.

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Food is a fantastic thing. It's my last joy, my last weakness, my guilty pleasure. I can have an ice-cream or burger and bloody love it.

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I think the Emirates is the best stadium in the country.

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My early memories are full of fear - of going to school crying, where food was very similar to prison food.

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