Louis van Gaal

“The accommodation for the players to dress themselves, to change into their club shirts, are in most stadiums not so good.”

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

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

“Preparing your tactical formation is essential. Each player needs to know where he has to be, and that is why there needs to be mutual understanding: because you need absolute discipline.”

“The basis of my confidence is that I wasn't a talented player. I was a talented human being. At school, I always had good figures. I was the captain of all my football teams. I studied physi...”

“I think you have to refresh the squad every year, and I have done it with all my clubs.”

“I'm not a stupid man.”