Quotes from Louis van Gaal

I don't think my players are robots. They are humans and make errors.

Rashford's pace is incredible. You don't catch him when he breaks away.

I like it if a coach enjoys himself and is passionate.

At Bayern, the people in charge are football men. I always appreciated that.

I back all of my players, not only Wayne Rooney.

OK, Wayne Rooney is always the center of attention, and I always have to answer questions about him. But Wayne is Wayne, and he will always contribute in a game.

The pitch is the most important material for a football player.

You have to play football to entertain the fans.

When I was coach at Ajax, in the first half of the season, the players needed time to adapt to me, to know who I am as a person and as a coach.

Every coach wants to train Manchester United; it's one of the biggest clubs in the world.

I am more open than other coaches with all of my players.

As coaches, we have to give a lot of information. Too much, I think.

It's not hard at all to make the switch from United to Oranje. For a manager, it's totally different than for a player.

When you have a lot of ball possession, you have a lot of ball possession to create chances, not to play the ball around and not score.

Players count for nothing. The team is everything.

I am used to a lot of criticism.

With Luis Enrique, I never expected he would become a coach. He was an intuition player; he didn't speak with me about tactics.

When I buy, I buy players for the long term, not the short term because I do respect the club a lot and also the other clubs.

In the football world, you have to deliver. However, as an ex-player, you always have more credit.

Success at United doesn't depend on money but about which players we bring in.

A system depends on the players you have.

I am not a dictator; I am a communicator.

You cannot buy players and know, for sure, that they can deliver. You cannot know because football is a team sport.

We need to learn that in the Champions League, the referees are vigilant and quick to whistle.