Arjen Robben Quotes

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

I have worked under several coaches and wish to appreciate each one of them. Jurgen Klopp, though, has helped me improve. He knows how to push you into performing; he knows exactly what should happen.

I only worked with Rafa Benitez for a short time, but he's a great manager, and he showed it from the first moment he came. He worked with the players and made us a better team. He's a good person, always trying to help players out.

I think Jeff Hornacek is a very, very good basketball coach and an outstanding person.

I already worked with Van Gaal before at the Under-20 team back in 2001. He hasn't changed much as a coach since. He really stands out.

Pellegrini gave me back the joy of playing football. He is like Arsene Wenger: someone who likes to joke, someone who likes to talk and take an interest in your life.

Guardiola improved me a lot as a footballer. He taught me a lot of things, and that's why, in every interview I'm asked, I always say the same thing: He is the best manager that I have worked with.

I like Mourinho a lot. He has a good relationship with fans, and he always takes responsibility for his players.

Arsene Wenger is a good coach. He has authority, and straight away, I can see he helps players with small things to make them better.

Under Pep Guardiola, it's hard work. For me, Guardiola is one of the best coaches I've ever met. He's incredibly clever and tactically really good, and he knows how to speak to us, how to motivate us, and that's what it is like.

Louis Van Gaal is a great coach. He has inspired a lot of players to give their best, shown them how to play.

I had a brilliant relationship with Thomas Tuchel. We spoke a lot, not only on the surface, but really deep about football and our work.

I like Southgate as a manager, what he brings. He always wants the ball and adapts to the players.

Van Gaal does a good job wherever he is.

He moulded me as a player by teaching me the basics, the fundamentals of football, and definitely made me the player I was until I stopped playing. That is what Van Gaal does.

Pep is not the best coach in the world. I prefer Mourinho. He is the No.1, because Mourinho is more transparent and more direct than Guardiola.

It's going to be an immense pleasure to work with Jose Mourinho, listen to him and learn from him.

You never stop learning in football management and I certainly believe the invaluable experience from my time as Villa manager will prove hugely beneficial in the next stage of my managerial career.

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

I hadn't trained to be a coach. That takes great training. Being an assistant under a Coach Lombardi or a Tom Landry or whoever, that prepares you to do a better job when you become a coach. I hadn't received that training. It showed.

I first came up under Joe Royle and when Keegan took over it was even better for me because I felt his style added more to my game.

My previous bosses - Louis van Gaal and Marcello Lippi, to name two - have all taught me something.

Mourinho is a coach who is used to working under pressure.

I think the biggest thing, even from Day 1 after the draft, was coach DeFillipo being very detailed with everything.

I had a great relationship with Coach Nee. I liked Doc Sadler a lot.