Managerial Success Quotes

When I arrived at Manchester United, the club hadn't won the league for 26 years, and then in my first year, they won the championship.

Jose Mourinho is a great coach. I would really like to work with him, and I once came close. He knows what weapons to use against teams, and he has won everything.

Tuchel became runner-up, cup winner, and played attractive football. I enjoyed watching his BVB. That's why I appreciate him and consider him a very good coach.

Liverpool are a massive club with a big history that has won many trophies over the years, and as soon as I was told of the possibility to come here, and I knew the manager wanted me, I said yes.

No manager ever won no ballgames.

I have no problem with Sir Alex Ferguson.

We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are simply ordinary, healthy people who aren't too screwed up.

When I arrived, Bayern were sitting at 14th place in the Bundesliga and weren't in the Champions League. Twelve years later, I left with 23 titles.

You're a hero one day, you're a villain another day. They say that's football. When a manager does well, they're applauded, when they don't do well, they get the sack. Football is a tough world. Those who watch enjoy it - for everybody else, there are a lot of challenges.

I've said this: If Jim Leyland had been in my place, he'd have the 2,000 wins and I'd have 1,000. Leyland is the greatest.

Arsene Wenger is just an unbelievable manager. I think he's a tremendous person, and he is just as good as there is. You can't judge a manager on one game or on one stretch of games. You judge him over time.

As far as I'm concerned, if you're only going to call managers who have won a trophy any good, then basically, you have four or five.

Mohamed Al Fayed took Fulham from the second tier to where they are today.

When I arrived at Chelsea, I was at Leicester and I had just won my first title with a club.

Of course money is important - to say it is not in football would be a lie. But to find a good player with potential for a small amount of money and then to develop him in the group is a great pleasure for a manager and for a club.

But to be fair, Arsenal are a quality side. They're not where they are by chance - they are not top of the league and unbeaten because they are a bad team.

Laddie, that man scored 200 goals in 270 matches - an incredible record - and he has won cup after cup as a manager. When he talks, pin back your ears.

I think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard.

In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.

In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.

My history as a manager cannot be compared with Frank Rijkaard's history. He has zero trophies and I have a lot of them.

Brian Laws has lifted his team out of precocious waters

Back home in Germany, football people think very highly of Arsene Wenger. They listen to what he has to say and admire his achievements.

For eight years at West Ham, I made a profit. And I kept them in the Premier League. Took them into Europe.

Tony La Russa is considered among the best in his business. Yet nearly half the time he led his organizations into competition, they were defeated - 2,728 wins, 2,365 losses.