Top 22 Henrik Larsson Quotes

Football is all about self-confidence.

If the club is doing good, the club is getting income, then the club can share it with the players. But when the situation is not going according to plan, you have to look at the financial bit and see what you can change.

I don’t mind players earning money, but it should mean, at the same time, that the club is doing good.

The career I had at Celtic, the amount of goals and assists and the relationship with the fans and the club, I can’t regret that. That’s something I’m going to cherish as long as I live.

In England, somewhere. I want to be at a big team, in the big leagues again.

I didn’t have to leave Celtic and go to England for money. It wasn’t worth the hassle, and my wife and children felt settled in Glasgow.

When I was 18, I had a trial at Benfica, when Sven-Goran Eriksson was the manager. Then, at 21, I was working for a company loading vegetables onto trucks.

As a manager, it’s the same as a player: I want to see how far I can get.

As a kid, I dreamed of playing in a warm land with a swimming pool.

You learn a lot about yourself when things aren’t going well. It’s always good to be the underdog.

At Helsingborgs, there were ups and downs, and you need to learn how to handle it.

Obviously, as a manager, you decide the set-up of the team, who’s playing, but when it comes to doing the things I want, I have principles, but I also want to leave it open for the players to find their own solutions. At the end of the day, it’s also about the individual.

I think, as long as I’m in this line of work, I’m always going to be mentioned when Celtic are looking for a new manager.

I think the day you underestimate the importance of the job at Celtic Football Club, that’s the day when you fail. I’ve seen a few coaches doing that.

There are players who tend not to look at the money short-term: they have a bigger plan.

I’m honoured to train players that want more from their football than just raising their small wages.

I was 22, and getting into a World Cup squad is what you dream about as a kid, so finishing third was fantastic.

My managerial ambitions were the same as I had as a player: to become as good as possible and to join the big teams in the big leagues.

I can’t be Martin O’Neill; I can’t be any of the other coaches – I have to make my own way.

I had many good managers: Wim Jansen, Martin O’Neill, Frank Rijkaard, and Alex Ferguson, to name just a few.

The dreadlocks were easy to maintain: I got up in the morning and flicked my head. If they got too big, I’d pull them apart every now and again. In the end, I got too old for them.

As long as I am involved in football and doing this work, I am going to be connected to Celtic.