Reliving your side's every loss over and over on television, separating yourself from friends and family after defeat, the heavy burden of self-imposed pressure and the constant scrutiny from the media are just some of the aspects of management the public rarely sees. Wigan boss Roberto Martinez tells BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek about the realities of life in charge of a Premier League side.
ON JOB SATISFACTION:
"I think any manager or any player would tell you that their happiness revolves around football results.
"When you don't get those results you are really bad company and you need time on your own to wind down and just become human again.
"I think the passage from a professional footballer into a human being sometimes can be quite drastic for the people around you."
ON PRESSURE:
"The pressure is huge because of the pressure I put on myself.
"I never feel the pressure comes from outside, it is the standards you set internally because you want the best for the football club.
WIGAN UNDER MARTINEZ
- Games: 109
- Won: 26
- Drawn: 32
- Lost: 51
- Win percentage: 23.8
But I am privileged and really grateful for the relationship I have with the fans and my chairman [Dave Whelan]. They are very supportive.
"In the modern game you don't always get that time and support that you need to develop your project.
"If you look in the British game in the last two or three years, I think we have lost that patience. We used to be the envy of world football.
"In Spanish or French football, managers would say that they would love to have the time that we had in the British game to develop their projects.
"In many ways I have always wanted to repay that loyalty from the chairman and the fans whenever I get the opportunity."
AFTER DEFEAT:
"I need to watch a game probably seven or eight times and, until I find all the answers and convert all the doubts into solutions, I don't stop watching.
"I am very bad company for anyone. It is better for my family and friends that I don't spend time with them. But probably that is where I find my happiness internally, by focusing on the game and finding the solutions and then, so many times, it is watching other football.
"I love watching other games and other leagues, seeing other players and other managers' problems with a very relaxed feeling, and that is the way I find calmness internally."
ON JOB OFFERS:
"When we started our working relationship, the chairman and I always spoke about a plan for three seasons.
"The chairman always made very clear that he would give me all his support, and when Aston Villa's approach came [in June 2011] we were two seasons into the plan.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Martinez has a degree in physiotherapy and a postgraduate degree in business management.
"It was impossible from a human point of view. I would never let Wigan or my chairman down.
"I just felt it wasn't the right time for Wigan Athletic to have a change of management group. I always want to manage the football club in a manner like I was going to be here for 50 years. I think any manager should do that."
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