Michael Gault admits it doesn't matter what age or level you're playing at - everyone wants to beat Linfield.
The former Blues captain won everything going during a glittering 12-year spell as a player at Windsor Park.
Included in the haul were seven league titles, five Irish Cups and an all-Ireland Setanta Sports Cup.
When Gault joined Linfield as a Lower Sixth student at Aquinas, he admits he didn't know much about the Irish League.
But it didn't take him long to realise the magnitude of donning that famous blue jersey.
"When I played for Linfield I was just a Blueman and I loved the club," he told Belfast Live's Thats What I Call Football podcast.
"When I joined in Lower Sixth at Aquinas, I didn't really know too much about the Irish League. A few of my mates followed Cliftonville when they won the league in 1998 and they wanted me to go and watch some games.
"I was playing in Lisburn at the time and couldn't make the matches, but as soon as I joined Linfield from day one I just embraced it and loved it.
"I worked my way through the ranks to first team.
"It is a club very close to my heart. I gave everything when I played for them, and I didn't miss any training sessions. And when I played in a game I played like my life depended on it.
"I just wanted to win every single game."
Gault took up the role of Linfield Under 18 manager last year following a spell managing Ballymacash Rangers in the Mid Ulster League.
He was then handed he reins of the Swifts following the departure of David Dorrian at the end of December.
The now 38-year-old hopes he can pass on all his knowledge and experience to the future generation of stars currently housed at Linfield's burgeoning academy.
"I have gone through what the kids I work with now are going through, so I have that experience. I can guide them and I can lay out what it means to play for Linfield, and it isn't easy," Gault added.
"Everyone wants to beat Linfield, and I take that as a compliment. There have been Under 18 and 20's games where we have been soundly beaten, and you would think the opposition won the World Cup.
"You take that as a compliment. You embrace it and remember it for next time. No matter at what level, everyone wants to beat you."
Gault - who also had spells with clubs including Crusaders, Portadown, Ballymena United and Annagh United - hopes he can help produce a future generation of Linfield stars who will one day feature for David Healy's first-team, or earn moves across the water.
But he insists it will take dedication and commitment from every young player if they want to realise their dreams of playing full-time football.
He added: "I just tell the lads the way it is. You have to perform to the best of your ability every single time. If you don't, you won't make it as a Linfield player.
"You have to stick at it, and in my opinion you're at the best club. It is a great club to be around, and all the memories I have winning leagues, cups and whatever, they are special memories.
"I just loved to do that and I am so proud of those achievements, and now I am helping out the club a wee bit. And if I can help the first team in any way I will be delighted."
