I think you have to refresh the squad every year, and I have done it with all my clubs.
Louis van Gaal
When I speak, I am well articulated.
I hope that all the people who work with me remember me as a human being.
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.
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.
Sometimes players are very fed up with my communication, but that's what I do, and they know how I think. But they know I am very transparent.
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.
I have a philosophy. I was convinced of it, and by winning trophies in four countries, I proved the philosophy worked.
It's very important to win your home games.
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.
The media do not analyse the game. They analyse the result.
We need to learn that in the Champions League, the referees are vigilant and quick to whistle.
It's not always the fault of the manager when a player is not performing well, I can tell you.
In the Netherlands, the press writes what they want.
When I was coach at Ajax, in the first half of the season, the players needed time to adapt to me, to know who I am as a person and as a coach.
I think it's fantastic to be here in England. They live football: football is living, and living is football.
I am proud people still like me. That is what is most important in life.
You need always guts to put youngsters in the squad and also in the line-up.
I was a fan of Henk Groot, former striker of Ajax, who scored many goals with his head. I thought, 'I can do that also,' but I couldn't.
It's a principle of my philosophy that you have to respect the individual human being.
I'm not a stupid man.
Every human being is special because they all have identities.
It's difficult to beat German teams. They don't play as attractively as, for example, you have it in the English league or in the Spanish league. But to break a German team is not very easy.
I am not a usual coach: it doesn't matter for me who are scoring the goals.
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 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.
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 don't think my players are robots. They are humans and make errors.
Rashford's pace is incredible. You don't catch him when he breaks away.
Winning the FA Cup with Manchester United was my biggest achievement.
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.
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.
It's not hard at all to make the switch from United to Oranje. For a manager, it's totally different than for a player.
With Ajax, I played Mexico in Mexico City, and our players could hardly keep up for half the match.
I am open with the players, with my media officer, and also the media.
Every coach wants to train Manchester United; it's one of the biggest clubs in the world.
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 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.
Everybody thinks I am a narcissist. I am actually the opposite of that.
I have no ambition to be a technical director or TV pundit.
The pitch is the most important material for a football player.
I like it if a coach enjoys himself and is passionate.
I thought always Manchester United can buy every player because they have a lot of power.
You cannot buy players and know, for sure, that they can deliver. You cannot know because football is a team sport.
In the football world, you have to deliver. However, as an ex-player, you always have more credit.
I am more open than other coaches with all of my players.
I am amazed when people say I am single-minded.
I think the team is always better than the individual player.
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.
