Top 113 Quotes & Sayings by Louis van Gaal
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Dutch athlete Louis van Gaal.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Players can play bad, and certainly when you have only three days or six days training sessions in your legs, and you have to play 45 minutes. Everybody can say that it's easy to step in, but it is not easy.
I am more open than other coaches with all of my players.
I am not a usual coach: it doesn't matter for me who are scoring the goals.
There is no winter break, and I think that is the most evil thing of this culture. It is not good for English football. It is not good for the clubs or the national team, and I think you should change it.
In the football world, you have to deliver. However, as an ex-player, you always have more credit.
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.
I hope at Manchester United I can do my best. I will do my best.
I think I could have worked as a technical director. But in this role, you can't attend training or say anything for fear it won't suit the coach, directors, or media. I don't think I want a job like that.
OK, Wayne Rooney is always the center of attention, and I always have to answer questions about him. But Wayne is Wayne, and he will always contribute in a game.
I back all of my players, not only Wayne Rooney.
When you win the FA Cup, you have a title and a very respectable title in England - more than other countries.
I have no ambition to be a technical director or TV pundit.
At Bayern, the people in charge are football men. I always appreciated that.
I'm not a stupid man.
I think, always, the form of the players is a decisive factor. And a game-plan and the referee. He can influence the game. And in a derby, a cool head is also very important.
I thought always Manchester United can buy every player because they have a lot of power.
It cannot be a good thing when a club is run solely from a commercially-driven perspective.
You have expectations always when you buy players. Mostly, you have positive expectations.
To look at the players, to communicate with the players, to observe and to analyze - that's my job.
The pitch is the most important material for a football player.
It is not normal that one team dominates for 20 years in a row as the champion.
It's very important to win your home games.
Everybody thinks I am a narcissist. I am actually the opposite of that.
I worked at the number one team in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and now also in England.
The media likes me because I give honest answers. How many people in football give honest answers? I don't lie. Always the truth. OK, maybe my truth. But it is the truth.
It's a principle of my philosophy that you have to respect the individual human being.
You have to live in the present, I think.
You need always guts to put youngsters in the squad and also in the line-up.
Every human being is special because they all have identities.
I have to treat all of the players at the same level with the same rules and same demands. It's difficult to understand, because the outside world is thinking when you pay a lot for the player, then you have to put him in the squad.
You cannot buy players and know, for sure, that they can deliver. You cannot know because football is a team sport.
Yes, I have a philosophy, and you have to come with good arguments to change that philosophy, but, if someone has a better argument than me, then I will change.
I always tried to defend high up the pitch, to be in the opposition's half and play the game there.
In the Netherlands, the press writes what they want.
I am amazed when people say I am single-minded.
When I have signed for clubs, I have always spoken a long time with the CEO or with the owners, not only at United, but also at Bayern Munich and Barcelona, and I have the faith that they always support me.
I think it is always a success when you win the title.
Every coach wants to train Manchester United; it's one of the biggest clubs in the world.
I am immensely proud to have helped United win the FA Cup for the 12th time in the club's history.
If you ask me how did I do at United, I will say it was my best year ever, given the circumstances I was working under. We played football that was quite alright. But it's not football that is appreciated in England.
I'm always honest.
I don't think my players are robots. They are humans and make errors.
I believe in Manchester United.
Every player gets his time, no matter who you are.
When you have a lot of ball possession, you have a lot of ball possession to create chances, not to play the ball around and not score.
The media do not analyse the game. They analyse the result.
You are always evaluating. That philosophy is very important for me. Because of that, I am - or maybe I should say was - a very successful manager.
Rashford's pace is incredible. You don't catch him when he breaks away.
I have been privileged during my management career to have won 20 trophies, but winning the FA Cup, which is steeped in so much history, will always be one of the most special achievements of my career.
I like it if a coach enjoys himself and is passionate.
Having managed in Holland, Spain, and Germany, I had always hoped for the opportunity to manage in English football and be part of English culture.
I always played attacking football.
I have good memories of Manchester United.
I think the team is always better than the individual player.
I am not a dictator; I am a communicator.
The most important thing about a person is that you know who you are and what you want. You should be capable of introspection and evaluate yourself.
With Ajax, I played Mexico in Mexico City, and our players could hardly keep up for half the match.
You have to play football to entertain the fans.
I am open with the players, with my media officer, and also the media.
It has been an honor to manage such a magnificent club as Manchester United FC, and in doing so, I have fulfilled a long-held ambition.
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