Louis van Gaal

“Players can play bad, and certainly when you have only three days or six days training sessions in your legs, and you have to play 45 minutes. Everybody can say that it's easy to step in, but it is not easy.”

“You need always guts to put youngsters in the squad and also in the line-up.”

“It is not normal that one team dominates for 20 years in a row as the champion.”

“Every coach wants to train Manchester United; it's one of the biggest clubs in the world.”

“I like it if a coach enjoys himself and is passionate.”

“It's a principle of my philosophy that you have to respect the individual human being.”

“I am amazed when people say I am single-minded.”

“I think I could have worked as a technical director. But in this role, you can't attend training or say anything for fear it won't suit the coach, directors, or media. I don't think I want a job like that.”

“I am proud people still like me. That is what is most important in life.”

“A World Cup is always special because it is the highest podium on which you can show your abilities as an individual player or coach, and as a team.”

“I was 11 when my father died, so I didn't know my father so well.”

“Every player gets his time, no matter who you are.”

“You cannot buy players and know, for sure, that they can deliver. You cannot know because football is a team sport.”

“Sometimes players are very fed up with my communication, but that's what I do, and they know how I think. But they know I am very transparent.”

“I hope at Manchester United I can do my best. I will do my best.”

“With Ajax, I played Mexico in Mexico City, and our players could hardly keep up for half the match.”

“In the Netherlands, the press writes what they want.”

“I am open with the players, with my media officer, and also the media.”

“The pitch is the most important material for a football player.”

“I criticize the media for inventing stories.”