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I cannot tell everyone what they must say or what they must not say. Everyone is the owner of their own words.
A comeback is possible so let's hope it's a good day for us. Arsenal is a very fast team but we can get through.
In the Champions League, you can have a bad game and go out in the semifinal, and nobody remembers what you did.
The idea of developing football and winning trophies at Real Madrid does not fall in line with how I see football.
I can't get anything out of an orchestra if I have the 10 best guitarists, but I don't have a pianist or a drummer.
In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.
What I don't want to be is the most important person of the club. If we win a game, it was the players who played very well.
For me, Ramos is a full-back, but he has the versatility that allows him to play in different positions without no problems.
I think the way we played was as important as winning the title, the way we did it with the players and the fans enjoying it.
When you don't have any worries, it is better, but things happen in football, and we know we must try to resolve as soon as we can.
It's very important for the mentality of the players to always try to be a winner, to try to win as many titles and games as you can.
I like English football; it's a very important league. I like the crowds in England, too - they are noisy and create a special ambience.
I've always liked technical, creative central midfielders with the capacity to score goals, such as David Silva, Samir Nasri, and Santi Cazorla.
It is vital to maintain possession and to win it back as soon as possible, because if we win it high up, then the opposition has to run 70 metres.
A lot of young players relax a bit when they reach the first-team, thinking they have reached the finish line, but really, it's just the beginning.
If you want to say I was a disaster of a player, then say it. But give me another disaster of a player who played almost 500 games across 14 years.
When you are in the biggest clubs, and you are fighting for the best players with a lot of money, maybe the work of a sporting director is not so difficult.
First I was going to be a football player, then after that try to study medicine or engineering. But it was very difficult to do medicine, so I did engineering.
When you win something, if you don't have that mentality that comes from a tradition of always winning, the built-in demands of a big club, there's always a small dip.
When I started to be a coach, I expected a lot - maybe too much - in terms of physical approach, tactics, and technique. There was too little emphasis on human relationships.
You create a big-club mentality with the trust of the players, the trust that the team will get results, and then, when results are not good, the trust to continue with your idea.
If you do not know each player individually, one on one, it is impossible to form a team from 22 distinct personalities, different languages, different home countries, but with one common aim.
I enjoy working, and I enjoy working every day - and it is for that reason that I don't so much like the idea of working with an international squad. To have every day on the pitch is important to me.
My first experience out of my country was Ecuador. That was a very good option for me. To know how you can develop your coaching style or your personality being away and being alone, that is not easy.
I always say it must not be an obsession to win the Champions League. It's a very important title and beautiful to do it. But you must not try to win the Champions League and lose focus on the Premier League.
I am very lucky to have a wife who supports me, but the absence from my children was difficult from the moment I took a very difficult decision to have a career which requires so much dedication and focus, just like raising children.
English football gives other leagues an advantage. There are some traditions you can't change, I realise that. Boxing Day is non-negotiable. But you can't play nine games in December and nine in January. You have to stop at some point.
First, as an owner of the club, you must choose a style of football. After that, you must find the managers that will work with the young players in your team in that style. After that, you must put a manager in the squad with the same mentality.
When I made the transition from player to coach, I evaluated myself and saw that I needed to improve my personality. I would fight with players - literally. I was 35, and you can't be like that; you have young players to guide. You have to transmit calm.
Maybe other managers would see their team score one goal and then prefer to go back and counter-attack, then try to score the second goal. A lot of those managers are the best managers at the moment, but for me, it's very important to continue the way I play.
To be the coach of Real Madrid is an honour, and every coach has pride in that. However, one is also subjected to a wide range of critiques - some just, but others not. But when the criticism deteriorates into insults, which has happened many times, I don't appreciate that.
It would be very difficult to find a more complete player than Milner. There are players who are better technically. There are quicker players. There are players who head the ball better. But show me a player who does all the things that Milner does well, and there isn't one.
When you manage a big team like River Plate or Madrid, they are used to winning titles. The people are happy, but they are used to it. When you have an achievement like I had in Villarreal, reaching the semi-final of the Champions League, finishing second in the league, it's more than winning a title. It's more.
To lead a group of players is to lead a group of people with different ways of thinking. You have to be prepared for that and know more than just about football. You have to speak a lot to the players, have to make them feel what you expect of them. Have to convince them. Therefore, it's very important for a coach to have a life outside football.