Quotes from Angelos Postecoglou

Knowing how to speak to people with the right words at the right time, that's immensely powerful.

My parents did not have a better life, they went to Australia to provide opportunities for me to have a better life.

The A-League is a great product but it cant be what Australia needs it to be with just ten teams.

Even when I was playing, I was captain of the club pretty young and then I made sure I was always talking to the coaches and talking to people about other aspects of the game, not just playing it.

I see other teams playing aggressive, attacking football, they are games I switch on and watch. They are the football teams I want to produce.

I spent three-and-a-half years in Japan, and I was a foreigner, and I was welcomed with open arms over there.

When my team is playing, I pretend my father is in the grandstand and think, 'would he be enjoying watching this team?' And that's always been at the root of everything I have done.

I was obsessed with the game somewhere deep inside me even as a young boy. I kind of knew that whatever journey I was on, football was going to be at the middle of it.

I like to keep a distance between me and the players because the biggest responsibility I have is to make decisions.

Unfortunately, from my days as national coach were going backwards in terms of we dont see it as an investment, we see it as an expense. We just have too short-term thinking, there just arent enough people with a broader vision as to how we can actually we can make Australia a force in world football.

The one thing you dont want to do is deny young boys and girls, people that want to play the game and support the game, the opportunity to do so because of limited spots.

All I remember is my father working hard. He'd be gone for work before I ate my breakfast and come home at night, have dinner, sit on the couch and fall asleep and go and do the same thing the next day. The only time I ever got to see any joy in my dad was when we went to the football on a Sunday.

If we don't qualify, if we didn't win the Asian Cup, if we went into the last World Cup and you know, we got embarrassed in any way, I would be the man in front of that.

My national team experience was a hugely positive one. I had four years and we won the only trophy on offer and then we qualified for the World Cup, so I think I completed the mission.

Even historically, in Australian football there has been a Dutch influence. Guus Hiddink took us to the World Cup in 2006 and since then weve seen people from Holland and the Netherlands acknowledging us.

I have been pretty privileged I have met most of some of the worlds top coaches and I can tell you, for the most part, you come away underwhelmed not really that impressed.

Id rather play Barcelona and out-possess them and out-score them than not.

I dont think any of the players will ever say they got close to me. Id never sit down and have a coffee with them.

Being Australian, I sometimes feel I'll never walk into a dressing room and get that instant credibility because of where I'm from. But that's fine. Even in Australia, where I've had success, I never assumed that people would follow me because of who I am.

Being Australian, I sometimes feel I'll never walk into a dressing room and get that instant credibility because of where I'm from.

If you dont invest in grassroots and if you dont invest in youth football, then its inevitable that youll pay the price somewhere down the track.

Maybe Australian football and me need a bit of a trial separation, just for both of us to feel good about ourselves.

Even when we're keeping possession, I don't want to see the ball move slowly. What does that mean? When we pass it, we pass it with purpose.

My dad never told me he loved me, he didn't give me cuddles. He was my biggest critic all the time. I am a totally different father, I kiss and cuddle my kids every day and tell them I love them, which is terrible because I am making them too soft.