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I still have the newspapers of my first match at Barcelona. It was a disaster. We lost 2-0 and everybody was questioning my arrival.
Ronald Koeman
I accept that everyone is entitled to his opinion and as a coach, I don't run away from criticism.
Some players need pressure to get the best out of themselves.
My whole football life is pressure. If I don't get pressure from outside I put pressure on myself.
Who does not want to coach Barcelona?
We have to respect the opponents but we also have to believe in ourselves.
We know it's impossible sometimes to have good defending against Cristiano Ronaldo but we want to keep the ball, with good possession, as then he can do nothing in attack.
I want a quiet life.
It is all about the talents of the young players. If they have the talent you have to give an opportunity. If they don't have the talent then, OK, you have to look elsewhere.
I was always most of the time working in clubs as player and coach to win titles.
What I like is to bring the best team for the fans, and if we have that then we need to perform and we need success, but that is what I like and what I have had all my life in football.
His potential is greater and higher than Everton as a final destination. If Romelu was to play at Everton until the end of his career I know he has left something behind.
If you have expectations as a club, then coping with criticism is part of your job.
I don't have any problems with criticism.
We all like being part of the Premier League. There is a lot of attention and we enjoy that but football is always the same. If you win, you have friends. If you don't win, you are looking for friends. That's the game.
It is not so easy to turn yourself into one of the big clubs in the Premier League and also the Champions League.
You can have Guardiola as a manager, you can have Koeman as a manager, anybody as a manager, but the players inside the white lines win the game.
From what I saw in Spain and Germany most of the teams drop back and then they have all of the time to build up and have the movements. In the Premier League it is more physical and about set plays. It is more difficult.
I was not happy when we lost Morgan Schneiderlin, Nat Clyne and other players of that quality at Southampton.
I had a good contract at Southampton, the managers in the Premier League are very well paid, but in football you need ambition.
A new project can offer you a new challenge.
It is not always possible, but the best plan is always to keep hold of your best players.
What I don't like is talk about rumours.
I still believe in 'how you train, how you play.'
If players know their role it is easier to keep to them.
Everyone knows I have a relationship with Barcelona.
In life everything is possible. In football everything is possible.
You cannot plan what is going to happen. You cannot plan your life.
I'm in love with Barcelona, life there is fantastic. It was my best period playing.
It's always important with a young one in your team that he needs to be comfortable in the position he plays.
That's the difference between outside and playing in the Premier League.
It's all about the qualities of the players. The better the players, the easier it is for the manager.
It's an easy answer, as a manager, to say: 'I need time.'
When I was a player it was not normal that I would cook at home but now that I have more time, I do sometimes. I like it, I like to cook and maybe sometime I would like to have some lessons.
I sort of collect watches.
When my two boys were growing up and asking me about what I did and what kind of player I was I showed them all the matches from the European Championships in 1988 when we beat Germany in the semi-final and won the final against Russia.
In football, as in life, as in business, everything can be talked about and discussed.
I respect and admire the Premier League.
When I spoke to Everton, the plan, the project, the history of the club was interesting. If I didn't see ambition in Everton I wouldn't come to Everton and that's maybe a good message to all of the players.
If you are a happy man then you can give your best.
When you build the house, you don't start with the roof.
I don't read the comments of fans, no.
I think we have very good facilities for the youth in Holland. We have very good youth coaches and I think that is some of the reasons that always Holland has very good football players.
I played with Romario. Sometimes you think he's sleeping, then in one split second he's scoring. It's a big quality. That means a lot of concentration for defenders. He's always fast, always on the line of sight. That's his best quality.
I like my life and I like to be positive.
I hate players who always play the ball back to the goalkeeper.
If you don't have that ambition you start to be sloppy and that is not what I like to be.
Everything would have been different for Barcelona without Messi.
If you have a lot of injuries for a long period, that makes it more normal to bring in new players.
When you bring Van Gaal in the house, you bring in quality. But you also bring in someone who thinks he knows everything. And that will cause clashes.