My teams have always been dominant about having the ball but having the ball to create opportunities. That's always been the clear way of my work.
— Brendan Rodgers
Racism - whether it's in football or society, there's absolutely no place for it.
One of my strengths is I learn, and I like to learn from all sorts of people in all walks of life.
When I was at Liverpool, I asked about Van Dijk when he was at Groningen and then at Celtic. But I was told he wouldn't be for us at the time. Van Dijk could have jumped from Celtic to a Liverpool.
Coutinho is a joy to watch.
A winning model would mean trying to get the best possible players that you can, at whatever age they are; it doesn't matter.
What I learned was it does not matter how much support you have in the boardroom, from the directors, the executives: you have to get results, and you have to win.
I'm not arrogant enough to think that I will be in a job through anything. Any manager will tell you that you have to win games, and you have to get results. You have to perform.
When you're so young, it's important to understand exactly what your role is. Not just look good - you have to be efficient and effective.
I suppose that fear of failure is what drives me on.
I always say to the players, 'You can either create or wait.' If you're waiting, you're relying on someone else, as simple as that. But if you create it, you've got to do it.
The word you sometimes get is 'deluded,' they use, but for me, I've always been very positive.
I always like the players to be within 10 to 15 metres of each other. When the attacking players try what I am asking them to do, and it breaks down, there are players close enough to then go and win the ball back and counter press the game.
The team is the most important thing.
I try to implement my own ways of making teams successful.
The key for scouting is trying to predict when the player is peaking.
When you manage Liverpool, you know the Manchester United job is gone.
Young players will run through a barbed wire fence for you.
I went in to Reading with the full backing of the chairman, who was great to me, and I got 20 games. Even though it was a three-year project, and I was the guy who knew the club more than anyone, I got the sack after 20 games. Funnily enough, it had just started to pick up, but they lost their patience.
Wherever you go, you have to go win.
If you give a good player time, he can kill you.
How you succeed is how you deal with failure. Whatever way you dress it up, something hasn't worked.
When you have a son in football like Anton, it will always be deemed as if he got the prop up and given the contract, no matter how hard he works. So much so that when he was offered a deal at Chelsea, I advised him not to take a professional contract.
I'm very proud of my work at Watford in what has been a short period.
Criticism comes with the territory when you don't win games.
He's a big player, and the big players score the big goals and make the big contributions in the big games. That's what determines a great player. That's what Steven Gerrard is.
Would I work in Scotland again? Of course I would. I loved every single second of being there.
I've always been a great lover of Barcelona and the structure of the club.
I think sometimes you can want to win too much, and the focus comes away from what allows you to win.
Simon Mignolet has been first class.
I will only ever do my best.
Whatever country you're in, you have to want to be in with a chance of winning.
I like teams to control and dominate the ball so the players are hungry for the ball.
It turns out I share a birthday with Jose Mourinho. He is exactly 10 years older than me.
If I was making the decision normally, with my heart, I'd never leave Celtic. My life was great. I loved the city. I loved the people. I loved the club. I had a wonderful life. If you think of all those things, you'd never move.
My biggest mentor is myself, I've always felt.
