Van Gaal Quotes

#1. Manchester United? That's not an option. I am staying at Bayern Munich. Period. I had a great time under Van Gaal at Bayern, he has been very important for my career but I am very happy at my current club.

Arjen Robben

#2. Louis van Gaal has nothing more to learn.

Louis Van Gaal

#3. A player you can buy in 24 hours, believe me. That's not a problem

Louis Van Gaal

#4. Sex is our deepest form of consciousness. It is utterly non-ideal, non-mental. It is pure blood-consciousness ... It is the consciousness of the night, when the soul is almost asleep.

D.H. Lawrence

#5. I'm not the kind of coach who just goes out and buys players for the sake of it. I'm a coach who wants to - and can - improve players.

Louis Van Gaal

#6. To be a man is to be a nonconformist.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#7. If certain players do not carry out their tasks properly on the pitch then their colleagues will suffer.

Louis Van Gaal

#8. When I buy, I buy players for the long term, not the short term because I do respect the club a lot and also the other clubs.

Louis Van Gaal

#9. I've signed a contract with the Dutch national team until 2006. So I can win the World Cup not once but twice.

Louis Van Gaal

#10. After victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

Ieyasu Tokugawa

#11. My ambition is that I have the best players
who can collaborate with each other to form
the best team in the world.

Louis Van Gaal

#12. I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.

William Tecumseh Sherman

#13. I am who I am: confident, arrogant, dominant, honest, hard-working and innovative.

Louis Van Gaal

#14. Running is for animals. You need a brain and a ball for football.

Louis Van Gaal

#15. I am a coach who thinks always in the long term.

Louis Van Gaal

#16. When I think I've made an error, it can cause me a sleepless night. But that only happens rarely.

Louis Van Gaal

#17. Welbeck is not the standard required at Manchester United.

Louis Van Gaal

#18. The planet is asleep and it's the fault of musicians who are untrue to themselves.

Sun Ra

#19. I want to be like him when I'm old - I want to be able to lose myself in worship and sing loud and not care if I'm off-key.

Roberta Gore