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" When you just work tactically, in pure football sessions, you can see the way they can think football. "

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" But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups. "

" In football, the only game I know is the 90-minutes game. It's not mind games; I don't try to do that. "

" I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently. "

" When my kids were young, we could move and experience different countries and, in my case, different clubs and different football, but there is a moment when they need some stability. "

" The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20. "

" Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them. "

" Once, players came to football expecting to be wealthy when they retired. Now, they expect to be wealthy before they've played their first game! "

" The team is completely close. Anything you say outside, there is no chance it will go inside. So the team is really strong and compact. We know what we want and how to achieve it on the pitch. "

" I prefer to play against the best players and the best teams and the best coaches. Never personal. "

" So when they have Mourinho and Benitez joining the Premiership they should say it's good for us, maybe these guys have something new to give. "

" The period before the game can be important to influence opinions, characters, personalities, feelings, and, of course, I use that to touch my players, to touch opponents, to touch supporters. "

" I always say that I need competition, and I need competition every week, and in Spain, I was at an amazing club, but I had four matches a year: Barcelona v Real Madrid, Real Madrid v Barcelona, and after that, we'd win 4-0, 5-0, 4-1, 6-1. "

" Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists. "

" I need my time to be lonely. "

" In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto. "

" I'm not afraid to lose my job, and when you're not afraid, you don't feel any pressures. You are not too worried; you can express yourself in a different way. It makes you better, I think. "

" Especially when you play at home, you need a good atmosphere behind you. "

" Money does not guarantee success. "

" At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions. "

" Football is a game about feelings and intelligence. "

" Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings. "

" When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started. "

" I have always felt an affinity with Old Trafford; it has hosted some important memories for me in my career, and I have always enjoyed a rapport with the United fans. "

" Everybody can be smart. "

" Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe. "

" I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies. "

" So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked. "

" I think the best place to work in football is England. "

" So if one day the result becomes 3-3, for me it doesn't change my mind, because it's football, it's normal. What is not normal is that we haven't been scoring enough goals playing such good football as we've been playing in the last few weeks. "