Louis van Gaal Quotes

Since Sven Goran Eriksson took over, England have been fantastic.

It's hard to win in the NFL. You have to maintain a very delicate balance putting together the right team to be able to win and have any amount of success.

You don't have to be popular with the players to be a good manager or coach.

Selecting a strong team without giving the new captain appropriate time isn't possible.

If a player fails to perform in four or five consecutive matches, he should be dropped irrespective of whether he is a senior or a junior player.

I had a pretty good sequence of games at the World Under-18 Championship but our main goal was to win gold there, and we didn't. I'd trade all 20 of my points there for a gold medal, but I feel like I had a pretty good tournament.

When you're managing a team the key is, I guess, to find where those boundaries are, where you're prepared to let people go, to what extent you're allowing them to be a free spirit because ultimately it's all got to be in the greater cause which is making sure the team wins cricket games.

You make mistakes at the results end of football and you can be out on your ear pretty quickly.

I think what we've tried to preach to our players is we're going to let the best players play.

When you are not winning, the coach is more or less the weakest person in the team who can be replaced.

I think you build a team and a roster around the depth. That's what makes a team really good.

The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

When you're paying millions of dollars for somebody to coach your team, you can find somebody good.

If it was up to me, obviously I would start every game, but that decision is up to the coach.

In professional football, there are always going to be critics.

It's the same for any team... you have to keep your best players.

Outside you get credit and praise and it makes you feel good, puts a spring in your step, but really the ceiling was the manager. If I was playing at Old Trafford and felt as though I was contributing and winning things, that was enough for me.

It is hard to ignore that is reality. But, at the same time, it still comes down to sound baseball decisions, farm systems and then execution on the field by the players. There are a lot of components to that (other) than just saying it is the highest salary.

I'm satisfied with the way I play, but I don't evaluate my performances. I worry about what I can contribute defensively. I don't need to score. As long as we win, I don't care how many points I score.

As far as being a coach, it's always fascinated me. It's a greater responsibility than most people give it credit for because you're dealing with people.

In life, as on the stage, it's not who I am but what I do that's the measure of my worth and the secret of my success. All the rest is showiness, arrogance and conceit.

When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.'

Perhaps the toughest call for a coach is weighing what is best for an individual against what is best for the team. Keeping a player on the roster just because I liked him personally, or even because of his great contributions to the team in the past, when I felt some one else could do more for the team would be a disservice to the team's goals.

The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.

Each individual's success as a solo artist is pretty much a win for the whole team.