Ronald Koeman Quotes

It is difficult to adapt to Van Gaal. I had a couple of rows with him.

You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.

Everyone has his own form, and I never had any problems with Mourinho.

I've heard stories about keepers who couldn't stand each other. Everyone in football has a big ego and we all think we should play. But it is not up to me that I or the other goalie is not playing.

In my early England days, there was a bit of tension with captain Nasser Hussain.

I'm aware of the rift in the locker room. That's just alpha males and supreme athletes trying to share the spotlight.

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.

I can't tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there could be many reasons. They could have personality conflicts. They could have misunderstandings. Lots of stuff can happen.

I think leadership is most effective when it's your own personality. But I feel like it's a natural progression as a quarterback, as well.

The news is increasingly full of mismatched people saying daft things to one another.

In this job, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to love them, some people are going to hate them. It's just part of the job.

I think these kinds of public disputes are bad for our people.

Each director maintains a different personality. Either you get along, or you don't.

I have yet to meet members of a leadership team who I thought lacked the intelligence or the domain expertise required to be successful. I've met many, however, who failed to foster organizational health. Their companies were riddled with politics, various forms of dysfunction, and general confusion about their direction and mission.

I don't like to make comparisons between former managers because they all bring a unique style.

I'm a firm believer in... just because these guys are professional athletes or whatever, everybody's going to have an opinion on something, and not everybody's going to get along. I've had my words with fans on Twitter too.

Good teams have more fun. Bad teams have more characters.

You have to bear in mind where Louis van Gaal has worked before. His self-belief is bigger than Jose Mourinho's.

There's always been conflict, inherent conflict between players and coaches.

When it comes to filmmaking, we have to deal with ego, anger, and a lot more; barring all these, how the team works towards the outcome matters.

Don't say I don't get along with my teammates. I just don't get along with some of the guys on the team.

Up till now I always thought bickering was just something children did and they outgrew it. Of course, there's sometimes a reason to have a 'real' quarrel, but the verbal exchanges that take place here are just plain bickering. I should be used to the fact that these squabbles are daily occurrences, but I'm not and never will be as long as I'm the subject of nearly every discussion. (They refer to these as 'discussions instead of 'quarrels', but Germans don't know the difference!)

There is no shortage of disputes.

The stench of the trail of Ego in our History. It is ego - ego, the fountain cry, origin, sole source of war.