Gordon Strachan Thinking Quotations

I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.

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.

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.

We are grieving about this result but we should also be thinking about Chris. I hope he'll be back soon.

Thomas Gravesen thinks he's broke his hand, but I told him that you play football with your feet and not your hand.

I think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard.