186 Quotes by Gordon Strachan

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.

We're back in terms of freshness and imagination and touch. We were a wee bit nervy near the end when they scored but I think we all agreed the game should have been all over and done with.

We tried something different with our 4-3-3 formation. At times we looked fantastic and at other times we took liberties at the back and looked a bit shoddy.

We are taking that into consideration. We know what we have in terms of strengths and weaknesses and might be able to balance that up in the coming years.

There are only two people who really know the true story, the referee and Neil,

Scotland have a system which is getting better, but it's players who win and lose games. Look at England. They have a system, but if the opposition players jump higher, tackle harder and shoot better, your system is in trouble.

People were looking to see if we could react to the Clyde result. We did.

My two idols growing up were George Best and Jimmy Johnstone, and unfortunately we've now lost both of them.

Only five of my players came up to the standard I would accept,