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I've watched Barcelona all my life.
I am a person with clear convictions.
Playing without a crowd is a disadvantage.
I think the best way to victory is to play well.
Real Madrid are a team who are a little anarchic.
In moments of frustration one may not have refined comments.
I don't rule out 3-4-3 or other formations depending on the game.
Pressure is not imposed on me by the club, I impose it on myself.
Having the ball makes you a football player, not running after it.
Everything can happen in soccer. We have seen inexplicable things.
There is a great part of the professional world that I don't like.
There are many variables in each game that make each one different.
Hard work is the most important. Conviction also, but real hard work.
I want my tombstone to say that I won the Champions League with Barca.
I don't exhaust myself by reading or listening to the noise around me.
All I'm interested in is giving my players the tools they need to win.
Days before Barcelona called me, I was about to leave to coach in Egypt.
I would like to be the champion by playing La Liga, winning it on the pitch.
I have convictions: once an idea's in my head, it's very hard to get it out.
I didn't think Barca could go for me, I have no honors, I don't have a great CV.
I only guarantee one thing when I take over a new club: that we play good football.
I'm not going to tell Messi how to live his life - or anyone else, for that matter.
I want my team to play well almost all of the time and have possession of the ball.
I have no problem with people expressing their opinion as long as it is with respect.
What hurts me, and always had done, is picking teams and having to leave players out.
When you don't win games everyone tries to stir the pot but this is the circus we're in.
When you come to a new team there's always uncertainty about how they're going to respond.
For many players the opportunity to be able to play with Messi represents a huge incentive.
It is not easy to change things in a footballer that other coaches told him were very good.
I understand that it is very difficult for Barca and Madrid to win everything until the end.
I love to watch and have great footballers and if I can watch Neymar every day, just imagine.
We all have to sacrifice a part of ourselves, including the players, for the good of the team.
I would've coached Barcelona for free. Well, maybe not for free, but in almost any circumstance.
I understand football through the ball. There are others who interpret the game without the ball.
It's true that you often have arguments with players as you do in everyday life and that's nothing new.
VAR is a tool we have that can make us better. But we must use it and have a clearer vision of reality.
You read things in the papers but I never really expected Barcelona to choose me. It all happened in a hurry.
If I win playing badly, I will not go home happy and I will never tell the players that the result was worth it.
Las Palmas, Lugo, Betis... if you followed them, you know we had an identity. You saw it, we played good football.
When I arrive at a club, I always look at it like I'm going to stay all my life. I couldn't work like I do otherwise.
Of course I have dreamed about that - and about showing off the Champions League trophy to the cows back in Liencres.
If a player is receptive and really wants to learn and improve, you might be surprised what they are capable of doing.
You will see that I am a direct and sincere person, I don't beat around the bush and I will address something if I see it.
I don't have a lot of time to lose and I would like to win the Champions League or La Liga. If I could win them both, even better.
I have always thought winning on its own is not enough. You have to have continuity in what you do. The things you do have to last.
When I arrived at Lugo, the whole world told me you can't play that football in Segunda B. I said we could, and was there six years.
If you play badly and lose, you're left with nothing. If you lose but play well, you still have something. You have something to build on.
I started to really watch football. To analyze it. To understand what I felt, and what I wanted to put into practice when I became a coach.
Yesterday I was walking past cows in my village and today I am at Barca, coaching the best players in the world. This is the pinnacle for me.
Every player has what they have but some outperform themselves. It's about learning and expanding your abilities and becoming even better still.