If I were going to war I would want to be alongside an Englishman not a Frenchman. The Frenchman would think too much.

Gerard Houllier's thoughts on the matter international football echo mine. He thinks that what the national coaches are doing is like taking the car from his garage without even asking permission. They will then use the car for ten days and abandon it in a field without any petrol left in the tank. We then have to recover it, but it is broken down. Then a month later they will come to take your car again, and for good measure you're expected to be nice about it.

When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes and not more intelligent.

If somebody stamps on your head in that way, you wouldn't say, 'Thank you very much, can I turn the other cheek'. Only Jesus Christ did that.

As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.

I believe I do my job the way I have to do it.

You cannot play for Arsenal and give up, no matter what the score is.