Top 86 Quotes & Sayings by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Norwegian coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
It's not my job to rate managers. My focus is on me and my team.
When my career is over, I want to say to myself that I've done whatever I could to be the best footballer I could be.
It's down to the players, but when you're at Man United, there isn't a lot of greener grass on the other side. You are at the best place.
My best ability was in just being ready when I was called upon. Then, I would be fit, and my legs would be light. If you sulk and are on the bench, and the gaffer calls you on, you are not ready because there's something going on in your head.
Being in the gaffer's seat is very special.
You will always miss chances, but you can't do anything about them once they've gone. It's always about the next chance.
When your kids disappoint you, you tell them off; you don't give them some chocolate, do you? You treat players similar to how you treat your kids, really.
The one way of getting better is by practising - both on and off the pitch.
Throughout my life, ever since I played for Clausenengen back home, instead of listening to the teacher at school, I was writing down all the chances I missed in a book thinking 'I should have done this.' Scoring goals was all I thought about.
I realised when I was a striker that when I ended up wide on the left or right, it can be so much easier to get space and face defenders up.
You have got to be one step ahead, as a striker, to create that space you need. Apart from the ball, when you're a striker, it is space that's your best friend. You need space.
Everybody wants the Hollywood glamour of the Premier League.
The FA Cup final is such a fantastic final to play in. I played in the 1999 one at Wembley, and after having watched so many finals as a kid, to be able to make that long walk up from the dressing room to the pitch was fantastic.
When you are a professional, you go into the next game wanting to win.
Finishing is different to shooting. If you work at in in training sessions then you will just do it naturally during the game.
I like people. I like to speak to people, engage with people.
Whatever competition you're in, you want to win.
I understand there are so many managers who would love to be manager of Manchester United, and I am one of them.
In games, you have plans, you have strategies, and you follow them.
Old Trafford is home.
That comes when you sign for Man United - you know you're going to play in front of the best fans in the world.
Clubs don't change managers unless there is something wrong.
I'm very confident in my own ability as a manager.
There are two things I will always remember. First, a shot against Derby that hit the inside of the post but didn't go in, and we could only draw 2-2. And then the really big chance against Bayer Leverkusen, two minutes from the end of the Champions League semi-final, when I shot over the bar. That hurt a lot.
It's always this thing about being the big brother and the little brother coming to try to overtake the big brother. That always happens in families and in clubs - the young player hoping to take the old player's position - and City are hoping to overtake United. I don't think they'll ever be able to, though.
The more mistakes you make, the more you learn.
Confidence is not something you store in the fridge and pick out. You earn it by your performances, by your training, how you feel.
I'm proud of my career as a player.
In football, you never know what can happen.
I'm the manager of Cardiff City Football Club, and I'm not to lay down and feel sorry for myself.
When I scored on my debut, it was a brilliant feeling.
You never know the way your career takes.
Molde fits me very well; Man United fits me very well because it's in me. It's in your personality. It's ingrained in you. I understand the club.
I've got to do it my way. I can't compromise and be someone else.
I would not switch Bjorn Bergmann Sigurdarson for any other player in Norway.
When I was a player, it was important to target the first few friendlies and plant a seed in the mind of the gaffer.
If you are a regular at Manchester United, I think you should grasp the opportunity to stay here and become part of the history.
A Man United team should never be outworked.
I was a boring man but a reflective man.
You can never set the bar too high.
It's important players focus on what they have to do, while the fans keep believing and stay behind us.
That's the most important thing in football: you need to take chances when you get them.
In any game, you have to work to stay in it, especially away against a good team like Southampton. It's a fantastic club and one I've said on a few occasions Cardiff City would do well to emulate, both on and off the field.
Everyone thinks I'm looking for attacking football all the time. But the foundation is how you defend - keep a clean sheet, and you have a decent chance to win a game of football.
One of my favourite players is, of course, Marcus Rashford.
The attacking philosophy is in the walls of Man United. That's tradition; that's history. That's how we play and want to play.
Every manager dreams of managing Manchester United.
I thought I could go into Cardiff, but different clubs have different cultures, different playing styles and philosophies. I'm more suited to the other jobs I've had.
I had the best teacher there can be in man management or managing a football club.
It's not my job to rate myself and judge myself. That's up to someone else.
Every single player needs that eye-to-eye connection, I'm sure. They want to know what is expected of them, but it's not just me telling them what to do. It's about asking, 'What are your strengths? What do you feel? What can you give to the team?'
I don't get distracted easily. I'm very focused.
When you're at Manchester United there are a set of demands, and one is to be a team player, and I don't think anyone has been on the bench more than me!
When people doubt me, I love it.
When you are in a football club, you stick together. That's the key.
Playing games is the best time of your life, and the more games you get, the better it is.
My dad used to be a Greco-Roman wrestler, and he was Norwegian champion six years on the bounce from 1966 to 1971. But I never saw him wrestle. I've only read the clippings.
I think the Swansea-Cardiff rivalry is good.
When you win the title, you have a great few days, and then it's gone; you're already looking forward to the next season.
Everything isn't exactly what it seems from the outside.
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