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I'm not a guy who is able to criticise anyone in public but I am not a guy who promotes individuals in public.
Tournament football is unlike anything else. The campaign can be great, but a finals is a different challenge.
There's a famous saying: "If you pass the square ball in your own defensive third it must not be intercepted."
I've signed a contract with the Dutch national team until 2006. So I can win the World Cup not once but twice.
When you win the FA Cup, you have a title and a very respectable title in England - more than other countries.
I cannot tell everyone what they must say or what they must not say. Everyone is the owner of their own words.
I knew off by heart the names of the Real Madrid team that played Liverpool in the European Cup final of 1981.
My model is much deeper than looking after players. My model is understanding the industry, working within it.
I'm never going to walk away because I'll always have belief that I can improve players and make things better.
When you've got the ball 65-70% of the time, it's a football death for the other team...It's death by football.
If you want to keep your best players, you need top European football because they want to be involved in that.
Psychology is important but motivation is something that if you don't have it inside then you can't provide it.
It was nothing personal: if it had been, I would have left him on so he could have suffered like everyone else.
The only thing I can say is that I like people; I like human beings with their faults and with their strengths.
That comes when you sign for Man United - you know you're going to play in front of the best fans in the world.
I am not hugely concerned about the amount of goals we score - it is the final results that are the difference.
I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.
The only decisions I'm making at the moment are whether I have tea, coffee, toast or cornflakes in the morning.
My parents are from Scotland and my sister and brother were both born in Scotland so my heritage is from there.
Jurgen Klopp coming into this country, you just have to applaud him for his tactics and the way Liverpool play.
Northern Ireland, England, Scotland - when we play each other, you don't want to lose to a neighbouring country.
I love to see goals and attacking play; I want us to be entertaining. But it's no good if you're shipping goals.
The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.
A comeback is possible so let's hope it's a good day for us. Arsenal is a very fast team but we can get through.
In the Champions League, you can have a bad game and go out in the semifinal, and nobody remembers what you did.
If there is one thing worse for a manager than having an interfering owner it is uncertainty over the ownership.
I understand there are so many managers who would love to be manager of Manchester United, and I am one of them.
Dave Jones got to the final last year and lost in the semi-final this year, so progress has definitely been made
I went to Borussia Dortmund on trial with a bag and some clothes, not knowing what my next move was going to be.
To improve teams like Newcastle, if you do the right things, it is enough to be stronger and bigger and compete.
They have a few drinks, and maybe the prawn sandwiches, and they don't realise what's going on out on the pitch.
In adversity you have to become stronger and make sure you don't make those mistakes again so you learn from it.
The bonding of the team is exceptionally important and trying to create a good team spirit and to have some fun.
We can all take criticism as long as it's constructive. When it's complete lies, that's when it's disappointing.
Arsenal and Manchester United play the best football. They're not happy with one goal, they want to win by three.
I surround myself, not with yes men, but people who have their own ideas and are on board with with I want to do.
I never hitched my wagon to anyone, so what I achieved over the years was done with only my results on the field.
I would like it to be the rules all round the world that that is the case - you manage the country of your birth.
I don't think anyone ever turns down their national team opportunity, but I think it has to be at the right time.
It's like Barcelona who have Messi. He decides games with his attacking play; Oblak resolves them with his saves.
I remember the day when they sold Brian Deane and Jan Aage Fjortoft. It was like when President Kennedy got shot.
Manchester is the same as Milan. The weather is the same, and you have two big clubs fighting against each other.
In every city where there are two teams, the rivalry is very intense. Rome, Milan, everywhere - it's very strong.
A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.
I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge. (on being Manchester City manager)
I have my grumpy days. The players will tell you that. But you have to be positive because you have to lift them.
In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not.
I would still consider myself in the elite group of managers. If it was me against someone else, I'd trust myself.
I have a point to prove. Sometimes you have to repair things, and maybe I have a little bit that I need to repair.
You can't have three defenders moving up and one going back. The decisions a team makes are important. As a whole.