I don't complain if I get a hard tackle.

I don't think it is good if everyone says 'yes' when they mean 'no.'

Football is more verbal in Holland, but there is a different approach in England.

It's obviously important for the English national team if you have a lot of players playing big matches. You are more mature and know how to cope.

You don't want to play one year in the Champions' League and go out. You don't then establish yourself as a big club.

Everyone wants to play in the Champions' League because that's where it is all happening. That's where you get the A-status for players. It's very important for young players.

If you are hoping for a Champions' League final or winning a title, it's the same. You are working for a result.

When you look at youth, they want to aspire to somebody. You can see that with him you have to work hard, and that's what you bring if you have someone like Ronaldo who embodies hard work and determination.

Ronaldo is the best of the best, I mean not only as a football player but also as a human being. You can see how he developed and how devoted he is to really staying on top every year to excel. I think that is something unbelievable, and I said it before and will say it again: he is an athlete, and an athlete is a positive thing.

I have found back at Spurs the pleasure of football.

Loyalty? There's no loyalty in football.

You can do tactical games with a kid, and they don't even know it's tactical.

People know who Carlo Ancelotti is. He's a man with a lot of experience.

Ancelotti has managed a lot of big clubs, and I think he would do well at Madrid because Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, and Paris Saint-Germain are big clubs.

Almost every football player played on the streets. And also, a lot of people not ending up as football players play on the streets. It's the beginning of a lot of social gathering.

I was very fortunate to have a career like this. I wanted to put a lot back for the community.

I am a Spurs fan as well, don't forget.

Anything is possible, and if an opportunity turned up, and it was under the right circumstances, I would love to come back to England in a coaching capacity.

You need to beat a defender when you have the ball. You need to be able to successfully pass to a team-mate, and there are other attributes needed to be the complete player.

I don't want to be anyone's mimic.

I've never had a big dream to be a manager, but I'm a curious guy, and I want to see if I like it.

I coached a team in Brixton - Brixton United - for a while. We won two cups. They are a good team, but I only coached. No playing.

Fashion is important, man.

If you look at most youngsters, they have worked well under Van Gaal. I had never heard of Thomas Muller at Bayern Munich before Van Gaal managed him, and he's now one of the best players in the world.