If you keep asking me questions, I will continue to find excuses. Gordon Strachan More Quotes by Gordon Strachan More Quotes From Gordon Strachan Do I miss football in Scotland? It keeps you really alive, that's for sure. Your heartbeat fluctuates. I'm flatlining at the moment which is actually quite nice but you need to go up and down to stay alive. Gordon Strachan scotlandnicefootball All the really good players I know, they all knew right from wrong. So many of them don't learn that at home nowadays. Gordon Strachan playerknowshome I tried to talk to the ref but it is easier to get to see the Pope. If I'm in London again and I get mugged I hope the same number of people turn up to protect me. There were six police, four stewards and even a UN peace observer out there. Gordon Strachan numbersfootballsoccer I think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard. Gordon Strachan footballsoccerthinking Are there Martians out there? I haven't got a clue. Is there life out there? I have no idea. Gordon Strachan martiansclueideas Fitness is a curve. You can be Lance Armstrong, or you can be really out of shape at the opposite end. People enter the curve wherever they are and then they can move up the curve, by better nutrition and better exercise. Gordon Strachan curvesexercisemoving Thomas Gravesen thinks he's broke his hand, but I told him that you play football with your feet and not your hand. Gordon Strachan footballhandsthinking Good players win you games, good formations stop you losing them. Gordon Strachan winningfootballsoccer Everybody at Barcelona loves Messi. They can't speak highly of him. Gordon Strachan barcelonamessispeak Arsene Wenger was talking about comparisons with Johan Cruyff, a player who only comes around every 10 years and Thierry Henry is definitely one of those Gordon Strachan playertalkingyears You people sometimes are like those serial killers you see in films who cut out the words 'I am going to get you' or 'your wife is next'. Gordon Strachan cuttingwifepeople I've seen teams spend £150 million and get nowhere near the Champions League. It has taken Manchester City a billion to get there. There are no guarantees. Gordon Strachan champions-leagueteamtaken I've had to take a lot of stick down the years but the one thing that really got to me was when someone questioned my integrity. It's the one thing that really grates with you. Gordon Strachan sticksintegrityyears I'm a better coach now than when I joined Celtic. The longer you stay in any job, the better you become. If you lose your drive, your enthusiasm, your imagination, that experience is no good. Gordon Strachan imaginationenthusiasmjobs I think what I've actually achieved as a manager does sometimes get a bit overlooked, because all people think about is the media side of things. They tend to forget I've not done so bad. Gordon Strachan mediapeoplethinking I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost. I don't really need to do that, and I thought if I could do something for sport in Scotland, that would be really fulfilling. Gordon Strachan scotlandfeelingssports The reason I became a manager was to have full control over training. If you are a coach, you are bound by what the manager wants you to coach. The other reason is that I just like the company of football people. Gordon Strachan trainingfootballpeople I've got more important things to think about. I've got a yogurt to finish by today, the expiry date is today. Gordon Strachan thingsthinkimportanttoday People think I've got a problem with the press. Actually I have no problem with the press, but just like in football there are a handful who cause problems because they're disrespectful, they're lazy, and above all - and this is what really gets to me - they haven't worked hard to get there. Gordon Strachan problemsmefootballpeople
