Gordon Strachan Quotes

I’ve had to take a lot of stick down the years but the one thing that really got to me was when someone questioned my integrity. It’s the one thing that really grates with you.

Do I miss football in Scotland? It keeps you really alive, that’s for sure. Your heartbeat fluctuates. I’m flatlining at the moment which is actually quite nice but you need to go up and down to stay alive.

I think what I’ve actually achieved as a manager does sometimes get a bit overlooked, because all people think about is the media side of things. They tend to forget I’ve not done so bad.

It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic.

I’ve been in football a long time and people have problems through debt, drugs, drink and family.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

It’s an incredible rise to stardom. At 17 you’re more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than England manager Sven Goran Eriksson.

Arsene Wenger was talking about comparisons with Johan Cruyff, a player who only comes around every 10 years and Thierry Henry is definitely one of those

I’m going to miss his childlike laugh. I’ll forget the goals but I’ll never forget that laugh.

The world looks a totally different place after two wins. I can even enjoy watching Blind Date or laugh at Noel’s House Party.

I like to be able to control which players I’m working with. Because it doesn’t matter how good a coach you are if the guys you’re working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they’re trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.

I want players who are always striving to improve.