Former Swansea City manager Garry Monk says that he holds no ill will towards his former employers and is ready to get back to work immediately.
Swans chairman Huw Jenkins 'reluctantly' sacked the 36-year-old last week after a poor run saw the Welsh side pick up just six points from a possible 33 in the last 11 matches.
However, the disappointment of being fired from his beloved club, who he guided to their-highest ever Premier League finish of eighth just last season, has not deterred Monk from coaching again.
"I want to go back in at the highest level," Monk told the Times. "[Getting sacked] makes me more determined. It's not about proving a point. I've already shown in such a short space of time what I'm capable of.
"It's only the start for me. To have done what I've done, in the circumstances I've done it, I can be happy. The ending was not what I wanted. The last small period of what's largely been successful is not what I wanted, but is also the nature of this sport.
"It's unfortunate, but I can't think of anything but positives. It gives me time to reflect and improve. By no means am I the finished article. I just feel that what I have to give is going to be enough for me to be successful."
Monk says that being let go from the Liberty Stadium was difficult, but after a few days recharging with his family, he is ready to jump straight back into the day-to-day world of football management.
"I've spent the past few days with the family to try and switch off a bit," Monk said. "After two days with twins and a four-year-old, I'm raring to go! Two days is as much as I can manage! The missus is raring for me to go as well.
"But my energy is as high as it's ever been. My motivation's as high as it will ever be. I just feel ready. I'm using this period to reflect on what I need to improve, what works.
"I'll analyse all the games, all the training, everything I did and what I felt maybe could have changed."
Jenkins, who had worked with Monk for over a decade at Swansea as the 36-year-old progressed through the City ranks from player, to coach and then manager, clearly had difficulty parting ways with well-respected Englishman.
"The decision has been made very reluctantly and with a heavy heart," Jenkins said at the time.
"To find ourselves in our current situation from where we were in the first week of September, and considering the drop of performance levels and run of results over the last three months, it has brought us to this unfortunate decision today."
Monk can see that the Swansea chairman agonised over the decision, and understand that the circumstances had perhaps forced Jenkins' hand, even if he believed that the club's position would have improved if he were given more time.
"I totally respected his decision," Monk said. "Of course it was difficult. I felt we would turn things round, we had everything in place to do that. We were in a bad period, I understand that, but I felt so confident.
"We had the staff in place, and the way of working, to turn it round. I'd have liked to have been given time to turn it round, which I felt confident of doing, but I've nothing but respect and gratitude for that opportunity.
"It was a great opportunity in the highest and toughest league in the world and overall it was a success."
Swansea host West Ham United on Sunday, and could be under the stewardship of a new manager by then, with former Marseille boss Marcelo Bielsa now favourite to take the Swans' reins.