I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.
Gordon StrachanI tried to talk to the ref but it is easier to get to see the Pope. If I'm in London again and I get mugged I hope the same number of people turn up to protect me. There were six police, four stewards and even a UN peace observer out there.
Gordon StrachanThomas Gravesen thinks he's broke his hand, but I told him that you play football with your feet and not your hand.
Gordon StrachanI think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard.
Gordon Strachan