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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.

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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

Henry, Player, Talking, Thierry, Wenger, Years

People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.

Bad, Bad Press, Footballer, Footballers, People, Talk

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.

Football, Handle, Jobs, Nights, Reality, Team

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.

Feelings, Financially, Politicians, Scotland, Sports

The world looks a totally different place after two wins. I can even enjoy watching Blind Date or laugh at Noel's House Party.

Party, Two, Winning, Wins, World

He could have done one of three things. He didn't do either.

Done, Football, Things, Three

He [Sir Alex Ferguson] used to play tapes of Bill Shankly talking. I remember that and a singer he liked. I don't know who it was but it was crap. He played it on the team bus too, and all the boys hated it. Until one night it got chucked away. If he's still wondering who threw that tape off the bus, it was me. So maybe he was right and I'm not to be trusted.

Away, Boys, Ferguson, Night, Team, Used

I want players who are always striving to improve.

Football, Improve, Inspirational, Motivational, Players, Striving

I've been in football a long time and people have problems through debt, drugs, drink and family.

Football, Long, People, Problems

I'm going to miss his childlike laugh. I'll forget the goals but I'll never forget that laugh.

Childlike, Football, Forget, Goal, Goals, Laughing

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.

Actually, Football, Heartbeat, Nice, Scotland

If you keep asking me questions, I will continue to find excuses.

Asking, Football, Keep, Questions, Soccer

Good players win you games, good formations stop you losing them.

Football, Games, Soccer, Stop, Win, Winning

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

Britain, Football, Prime, Soccer, Think, Thinking

Are there Martians out there? I haven't got a clue. Is there life out there? I have no idea.

Clue, Idea, Ideas, Life, Martians

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.

Guy, Player, Players, Striving, Thinking, Working

It wasn't an easy decision to leave out Bobo, because I could have done that with two or three from the back four. But there's a limit to the players you have and the changes you can make. The reality is we're not defending well enough. But we just have to plug on. There's no magic formula.

Bobo, Make, Player, Players, Reality, Two

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.

Integrity, Questioned, Stick, Sticks, Thing, Years

Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it.

Back, Depth, Depths, Despair, Forward, Matter

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.

Anyway, Drinking, Golf, Lying, Team

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