Strachan after the home draw with Killie on the first day of the season.
"You talk about that question (of pressure) but that shouldn't be asked now because I think I've proved that. What you should ask is who is posing the question? Not an intelligent person, that's for sure.
"It's someone who's sitting with his tracksuit on, his devil dug at his side and a can of Kestrel in his hand, maybe coked up to his eyeballs, shouting down the phone.
"I'm not answering to that. I'm not answering a question from Mr Ned."
Strachan on stress before the Spartak game
Asked if changing the shape of the team was the one way in which he could surprise Spartak, he offered a characteristically sharp response:
"Well, not if you and I keep talking about it."
Strachan on Champions League tactics
"Fans can be easily manipulated by you,(press) You can start wars you people , never mind going for managers "
Strachan on the press's influence
"I might start panicking tonight, take a drink and become an alcoholic, but the TV is alright tonight, so we should be OK."
Strachan on the challenge from Rangers
"I've had some good nights but that is one that I'll remember when I'm sitting in my golf club 25 years from now. I'm sure everyone enjoyed it and will remember it. It had everything. I don't think I've won a shootout before as a manager."
Strachan on the shoot-out win against Spartak
"We passed each other in training, laughed at each other and walked on. He's an absolutely fantastic character. Someone said to me after the match, 'Will you drop him for the next game?'.
"I was laughing but realised he was serious and then he actually said, 'Are you going to take sanctions?'.
"I didn't know he was a country or was President of Iran. Now we have to stop food parcels getting through to his house!
"There won't be any sanctions against Artur."
Strachan on Boruc after the Holy Goalie gifted Hibs 3 points in September
"I never see anything, I'm like the fourth official, I never see anything at any time."
Strachan on Dida-gate
"Really? The boy who played today then was better than Artur Boruc. What a great place this new training academy is: we are cloning players now. Now that we have two, maybe I can sell one and keep the other."
Strachan responds to a member of the press who reported that Boruc did not show up for training.
"Last week I was told of the headline that I wished I had David Weir.
"No way at any time did I say that I wished I had David Weir.
"You people [The Scottish Press] sometimes are like those serial killers you see in films who send
out these horrible messages.
"The serial killer who cuts out the words 'I am going to get you' or 'your
wife is next'. You are the very same.
"In the 20 minutes that I sat there I'm sure that 'David Weir' and 'wish' may
have been said but at no time did it ever, ever come together.
"That's my opinion on it. Whether you like it or not it doesn't matter but
that is what it's like here."
Strachan on the press 'quoting' him on David Weir
..asked if that's why so many of his players were booked he said: "I don't think that has anything to do with it. Have a look at the game, nobody's injured. I bet nobody in the Rangers team went for treatment. Too much spice: McCurry struggles to keep control at Ibrox in a match that saw him book 11 players "When they were celebrating goals they seemed to be leaping about all over the place without any injuries.
"But to get nine bookings? I think there's only one man to ask about that.
"That's when we start singing that song, isn't it - 'That's why we're paranoid'."
Strachan on the first derby game of the season when 9 Celtic players got booked.
"Am I enjoying it? The Celtic job has to be the best job in the world. I love it."
"Phil's second club was probably Celtic friends-wise and the reaction, when the news came through the other day, you knew he had a lot of close friends here, that's for sure. "I don't think I've seen a reaction like that in football. We are all trying to get our heads round the fact he has got four kids and a young wife."It's been hard to take in. The whole weekend has become a kind of a numb feeling.
Strachan on Phil O'Donnell.
"I say things and I say them tongue-in-cheek, I don't have a problem with people having opinions as long as it's done in a respectful manner. I just like good manners."
Strachan on his interview technique.
"Managers like to give themselves a pat on the back and say, 'We have overachieved'.That's a nonsense. If you can achieve it, that means you can do it."
Strachan on the last 16.
"Sno is 20, Aiden McGeady's 21, Brown is about the same and Samaras is 22. Scott is 24 and has never been in a situation like this. It's a very young side ... I can't put them into a time machine and push them forward ten years, let them collect ten years' experience, and drive them back here. It has to be learnt along the line."
Strachan on his young squad.
"He's not a bad lad, to be fair (the Pope).
"If it was 'God bless Myra Hindley', I might have a problem."
Strachan on Boruc's T-shirt
"I have no problem, we couldn't get the chance to beat them. We weren't in their competition!"
Strachan comments on Rangers reaching the UEFA Cup Final
"Tommy was simply one of the best friends anyone could ever hope to have. I can only consider myself fortunate not only to have worked with him on a daily basis for the past three years, but to have been able to count on him as a friend in that time. His bravery throughout his illness was an inspiration, and right to the end he was checking everyone else was OK, never giving a thought for himself or his situation. The fact that he has now gone will take a long time to sink in, and my thoughts are with Rosemary and his family."
Strachan on TB.
"Coming here he made me understand what Glasgow was about. If I didn't have him i'd have gone off my head!"
More from Strachan on TB
"The media coverage for Tommy over the last few days has been fantastic, even the half-wit on Real Radio was quite good...."
"Its been one of the most memorable seasons i've ever had in my life. I throughly enjoyed the challenged. We've achieved what we set out at the beginning of the season what to do. Now i'm away to, its only fair that i go now and be with people whosupported and believed in us for the whole season."
Strachan comment on the three-in-a-row.
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