186 Quotes by Gordon Strachan

It’s an incredible rise to stardom. At 17 you’re more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson.

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.

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.

Paul Scholes has been the best England midfield player for 30-odd years. You’d probably have to go back to Bobby Charlton to find someone who could do as much as Scholes. When the ball arrives at his feet he could tell you where every player on that pitch is at that moment. His awareness is superb.

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.

If I was English I’d kill myself.

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

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

I’m just going to crumble like a wreck. I’ll go home, become an alcoholic and maybe! jump of a bridge.