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" The fundamentals, what I want, which is to take the ball, try to play as offensive as possible and dominate the game through the ball, is the same. I grew up with that; I was a player with that idea, and I am a coach with that idea. "

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Thinking

Think

Reason

" There are footballers who are very good playing on the outside but don't know what to do inside. Then there are players who are very good inside but don't have the physique, the legs, to go outside. "

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Inside

Know

" Sometimes when you miss out on points, it is a pity, it is a shame, because we tried to do everything in the game. "

" In some times of the game, you have to be more simple. "

" We need the whole squad, every player of the team, if we are to be successful. "

" I am so happy when I feel emotion about the way my team plays. "

" I understand and accept that for the people of Munich, only the treble will do. "

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Only

People

" From my point of view, I always want to fight until the end of my last chance. "

" In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward. "

" The Premier League is so difficult. "

" You can win ten times, and then you are not able to win five times. I have to discover the reason why, and I am going to find that. "

" I enjoy every day in Manchester. I am confident we can make a step forward to make people proud of us. "

" I try to play in one way all my career and here, with high pressing, but it is different in England. Many times the ball is more in the air than the grass, and I have to adapt. "

" I would like to involve and love to work with young players. "

" Sometimes I was wrong about my players. Sometimes I want more and more from them; sometimes I am so demanding, but they showed me how good they are. "

Pep Guardiola

Good

I Am

" All the managers in the world, it doesn't matter how good you are, if your players don't understand what you are looking for or what you want, it makes no sense. "

" Tactics are so important because everybody has to know what they have to do on the pitch. The relationships and behaviours off the pitch between team-mates have to be as good as possible. "

" I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball. "

" People say, 'Pep won in Barca, but it was boring,' or, 'Pep won in Bayern, but it was boring.' I understand that. But games won, goals scored, goals conceded, titles... sorry, guys, it was good! "

" I thank Manchester City for giving me the opportunity to train these amazing players. "

" We all feel that hunger in football. With Cruyff, it was different. He deepened and changed the hunger so you became conscious of why you are getting better. "

" This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team, he was an incredible protector. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He was a master at handling players. He knew when you needed to be pushed or protected. "

" I come here to be coach of Manchester City and train these players. That's the reason I am here. "

" People usually think that it is the coach who has to raise the spirits of his players; that it is the coach who has to convince his footballers; that it is his job to take the lead all the time. But that's not always the case. "

" I don't understand the lack of respect for amazing players when people say they are not good enough for me. "

" For my experience, my family. I will always be grateful for the people who brought me here. "

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Grateful

People

" I am here to change anything. I'm here to adapt. The critieria between a yellow and red card. What is a foul and what is not. "

" I'm sorry, but until my last day as a coach, I will try to play from my goalkeeper. "

" It's a pleasure. We are lucky guys to be there in front of the millions and millions watching us. "

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Pleasure

Watching

" People always think the coach is the strongest person at a club, the boss, but in truth, he's the weakest link. We're there, vulnerable, undermined by those who don't play, by the media, by the fans. They all have the same objective: to undermine the manager. "