The basis of my confidence is that I wasn’t a talented player. I was a talented human being. At school, I always had good figures. I was the captain of all my football teams. I studied physical education at the Academy, so I learned to analyse, to observe, and to take decisions. Louis van Gaal Read Quote
It was very difficult to succeed Bert van Marwijk because, two years before, he was second in the World Cup, and then he left a broken-up team behind – so that was much more difficult than you think. Louis van Gaal Read Quote
The most important thing is they have to know why we do things and when. A lot of players are playing intuitively, and I want them to think and know why they do something. Louis van Gaal Read Quote
Sometimes players are very fed up with my communication, but that’s what I do, and they know how I think. But they know I am very transparent. Louis van Gaal Read Quote
You have to deal with a lot of things when you are a professional football player, and that is not so easy. Louis van Gaal Read Quote
I watch the Premier League, the Spanish and Dutch leagues, and a little bit of the German league. Louis van Gaal Read Quote
With Luis Enrique, I never expected he would become a coach. He was an intuition player; he didn’t speak with me about tactics. Louis van Gaal Read Quote
