We can all have a bad day. It happens for me as well.
Michael Laudrup
It's always an honour to receive recognition, but I always consider them more important when they come from your colleagues.
Regarding my coaching philosophy, I think it is important to adapt to the team/players and the culture in the country where you are coaching, but to keep possession is a key issue wherever you are.
It's not being disrespectful, but the less you know an opponent, the more work you have to do.
For me, possession is to keep the ball while you are waiting for the possibility to penetrate. Every pass is for a reason.
I played the way I did it because I knew it was effective. My intention was to win always, not to gain applause.
I played at the highest level for 17 years and won so many titles.
I've never said I didn't want to manage a big team. I've never had that dream - that's different.
Playing on a Thursday and then a Sunday is not a problem.
When you're struggling, especially mentally, it's only the team who can bring you out of that situation. It's not one or two players.
The biggest clubs in Europe, whether they be Barcelona, Madrid, Manchester United, or Chelsea, always want to win, whatever they are participating in.
Yes, in 1983, I had the opportunity to sign for Liverpool.
The Bundesliga is different from La Liga, it's different from Serie A, it's different from the Premier League, so you have to adapt to the circumstances.
It's always flattering when others are talking about you.
To think about attacking is also to think about positioning.
Of course money is important - to say it is not in football would be a lie. But to find a good player with potential for a small amount of money and then to develop him in the group is a great pleasure for a manager and for a club.
I think there are a lot of great strikers in Europe.
It's impossible to always move forward, but sometimes even maintaining the status quo is enough.
Football, if we bring it down very simply, it's when you have the ball and when you don't.
You can't play with fear in football. There is a lot of respect - you have respect for everybody, the ones on top and the bottom - but never fear.
In the end, we all want to win, and you have to use all the resources at your disposal.
It's easier to change the manager than all the players. It's never easy to choose who should be in the dugout.
You can't think you can find a top scorer for free.
When things aren't going well, it's very easy to blame the coaching staff.
You don't want to push your young players too much.
I don't think people can imagine a Liverpool team without Gerrard. It is like Raul at Real Madrid and Puyol at Barcelona. They are a rare breed, these types of players.
I've played under many managers - some fantastic, some average, and some not so good. Even if it's not intentional, you log the good ideas and the bad ones.
I think that when you are part of a football team, it is a group. That means the players and the staff, including the manager and all that administration.
If you are always talking about the past, then you don't really have much in the present.
If you lose a player who scores seven, eight, or nine goals, you have to find another one.
Everyone makes mistakes, but when players or managers make mistakes, they are all accountable and have to take responsibility. When I talk about referees, you wonder, 'Can I say this?' You have to be careful - but they are the only group in the world of football who are treated like that.
For me to be speaking of the referees, then you know it must be something big.
I sometimes go for drives with my wife around south Wales, and always the people are so friendly and so passionate.
Michu and Van Persie are similar. They look alike. They are both tall, left-footed players. They are not fast, but they know when to make the runs.
I do not like to live in the past, I live in the present. I think that is very important as a player, as a coach, and as a human being.
The Copa del Rey is a two-legged match, but it is an important game like every other.
At Brondby, we had Daniel Agger, who came up from the youth. He had two years in the team, and then we sold him to Liverpool for nearly £7 million, which is a lot of money in Denmark. As a manager, that gives you even greater satisfaction that winning something as a player.
We have to let them grow, because young players can always improve. That goes for Jack Wilshere, too.
Circulation of the ball is important, but it's only useful if you can give it to someone who can make the difference.
I don't think I'll see the next Messi in my lifetime.
It's always good to hear when players aren't out for as long as you thought they would.
Cruyff defined a philosophy and a style of how we had to play: positional play, type of players, the profile of the coaches, even.
We all know when you have a huge price tag on your shoulders, there's always a lot more pressure on you, a lot more expectation.
It's always difficult to play the big teams, but I would rather play them at the start of the season.
That is one of the problems big teams face - their rivals always take the field very motivated, and I say this from experience.
I don't like to make comparisons, as it's different coaching a Spanish team to coaching a German or English team. Each country has their style, more or less, and within each country, they have different styles.
I was a big talent.
The Messi of the early years was a phenomenon, but he always wanted to finish off the move. Now he goes past one, two, or three players and is happy to give an assist to a team-mate - it makes him more dangerous and more difficult to stop than ever before.
I had won 64 caps by the age of 25.
I don't mind individuality in a team. In fact, I encourage it. I don't care if you have green hair, white boots, or are full of opinions. All I ask if that you are never above the team.
