Gordon David Strachan, OBE (/ˈstræxən/; born 9 February 1957) is a Scottish football manager and former player, who was the manager of the Scotland national team.
The reality,. . . is that I need to win games of football. That's where the pressure and the sleepless nights come from. There's a fantasy pressure with this job but none of that matters. I need to make this team into a good unit, need to take it forward, give it a change of pace, need to get it younger and to use the experience of the lads we've got here. I need Lennon and Sutton and people like that to go and show how you handle being a Celtic player.
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.
I'm just going to crumble like a wreck. I'll go home, become an alcoholic and maybe! jump of a bridge.
He could have done one of three things. He didn't do either.
All the really good players I know, they all knew right from wrong. So many of them don't learn that at home nowadays.
I did think there were one or two referees who had a personal thing against me. It wasn't them versus Celtic - it was them against me! I just think they wanted to take me on.
If you keep asking me questions, I will continue to find excuses.
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.
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.
Everybody at Barcelona loves Messi. They can't speak highly of him
I want players who are always striving to improve.
People talk about how you make team spirit - is it golf days or going out drinking together? That doesn't count. When you drink, you just tell lies to each other anyway and talk rubbish.
It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic.
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.
It's an incredible rise to stardom. At 17 you're more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson.
Good players win you games, good formations stop you losing them.
I'm going to miss his childlike laugh. I'll forget the goals but I'll never forget that laugh.
People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.
Are there Martians out there? I haven't got a clue. Is there life out there? I have no idea.
Paul Scholes has been the best England midfield player for 30-odd years. You'd probably have to go back to Bobby Charlton to find someone who could do as much as Scholes. When the ball arrives at his feet he could tell you where every player on that pitch is at that moment. His awareness is superb.