Louis van Gaal trusted me; I played a lot of games.
I wanted to play more games under Van Gaal and thought I could have played more but it's not the way it happened.
If you look at most youngsters, they have worked well under Van Gaal. I had never heard of Thomas Muller at Bayern Munich before Van Gaal managed him, and he's now one of the best players in the world.
When you have Van Gaal in charge, it is a fact that there is fear in his team. The players have a fear for mister Van Gaal. That is not always good.
Van Gaal is a teacher, pays attention to everything you do, but Hiddink is more linked to the players. He gives more freedom than Van Gaal, but I worked with both of them pretty well.
When we talk my biggest influence, I have to say Van Gaal. He threw me in the deep end.
The wrong team wanted me, by the way - of course United. I spoke with Van Gaal, and they even made an offer, but for me, it was not the right club and not the right moment.
Van Gaal is an honest guy and has always put Manchester United above all else.
He does great things on the pitch but the coach Van Gaal was a bad man.
The best and most important step of my career was when I moved here - and Louis van Gaal brought me from Madrid to Bayern. It was the best move of my career, and it's thanks to him.
Van Gaal is how you see him in the press conferences; he's like that with us, too. He's honest and straightforward. He believes in his style of training and way of preparing for games.
Van Gaal gave me all the confidence I could ask for. He made me striker, my favorite position.
It is no secret that Louis van Gaal and I did not get along. But for me personally, the matter is closed and forgotten.
My previous bosses - Louis van Gaal and Marcello Lippi, to name two - have all taught me something.
I never got in a conflict. I didn't want Don Shula to say a word to me at all. My play emphasized that. He couldn't get me for anything or whatever. After that we were ok. I just didn't like the way they used me at the end of the 1963 season going in 1964. I felt that they played games with me.
He moulded me as a player by teaching me the basics, the fundamentals of football, and definitely made me the player I was until I stopped playing. That is what Van Gaal does.