Sam Allardyce won't consider retirement and is vowing to prove Newcastle United were wrong to sack him this week.
He told The Sun: "I want to be a manager again, I'm addicted to it. I've not done my time anyway.
"I said in the past I could pack in at around 55 but I'm only 53 and I might revise the timescale if the right offer comes along.
"When I do a job I'm fully committed and I know what works. I believe it would have worked at Newcastle.
"Things like this make you stronger and more determined to prove people wrong.
"I've had loads of brilliant text messages from friends and other managers all over the country.
"Football has a way like that, the community rallies round you. When somebody loses their job others show compassion.
"There was pressure at Newcastle but I expected that. I don't feel any sense of relief now it's gone."
He added: "It's hard to say what I'll do. When you're as shocked as I am at the moment you can't be sure what the future will bring. You need a clear focus and I need to get away for two or three weeks.
"Part of me says I should resist jumping back in too quickly but saying that, it depends what sort of club might want you. I thought I'd have a rest after leaving Bolton but Newcastle came in and you can't say, 'Hang on, come back in six months' because the game doesn't work like that. When the opportunities arise you have to take them.
"I don't feel scarred as I don't think it's my fault. I don't feel it's damaged me or the reputation I've built up as a manager over the last 16 years. I said it would take three to five years to build a club of this size up.
"But to go through your career as a football manager and not get sacked is virtually impossible nowadays.
"Nobody has any time, everything has to be instant. Plenty of managers have been sacked and gone on to do well. It's part of football life that these things happen. It's high risk. I wouldn't say I had more of a hard time from the supporters than any other previous Newcastle managers did."
