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I don't think it can be in the genes. If you see the amount of footballers, how many sons play football? Not many.
Women who talk about football tactics, it's beautiful. I find that fantastic. And you know what a 4-3-3 is, right?
The idea of developing football and winning trophies at Real Madrid does not fall in line with how I see football.
Whatever you say about Fergus McCann, if this [Celtic Park] is the legacy, then I am absolutely delighted with it.
Neil Etheridge in goal and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, they've both come from lower league clubs and done brilliantly.
be the mountain / be the ocean / be the tree / be happy / be the light / be the shadow / be the rain / be you / be
Have transfer prices in England surprised me? No. Are the prices over-inflated? Yes. But there is no surprise now.
We had a really good club at Everton who gave me the opportunity to do the job the way I felt it needed to be done.
Diego (Maradona) has filled us with emotions. But between the cracks, without doubt, Messi is better than Maradona.
Most of the clubs who have had success against Barcelona have relied on a highly organised and disciplined defence.
I never went overseas until I left school and joined West Ham United Football Club at the beginning of the Sixties.
My ambition is that I have the best players who can collaborate with each other to form the best team in the world.
You cannot buy players and know, for sure, that they can deliver. You cannot know because football is a team sport.
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.
Arsenal are the most beautiful club in England. At Man City and Chelsea, they will never have that class and style.
No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. That's my only regret but no, no regrets.
Sometimes the choices you make are good and other times it goes the other way. I take full responsibility as coach.
Messi is the world's best and gets physically attacked every game but all he ever does is get up and get on with it.
At Everton, we have always tried to do good deals and have always tried to buy at the right age and the right price.
You have to attack to get corners, no? Winning by scoring strategic goals doesn't bother me - it's part of the game.
There are journalists I share a whole history with, so I tend to be generous to these guys, but those days are over.
I'm looking forward to the intensity of football and how the people live football in Liverpool. It's a special club.
As far as I can tell most people in football do not take colour into account when judging people. I certainly don't.
Norway is a small environment. There are only three to four agents to deal with, just 15 other clubs, and that's it!
When I was a player, it was important to target the first few friendlies and plant a seed in the mind of the gaffer.
In football, it is a question sometimes of the mentality, understanding the players, the atmosphere, the confidence.
The greatest compliment I can pay Paul Scholes is that he reminds me of Bryan Robson, the way he bombs into the box.
In Italy, everyone is talking about the referee for three days before the game - 'We don't like him. He is no good.'
For any Geordie, if you can't manage to play for Newcastle, then to get back and manage them it's something special.
Ideally when you set up for the first game of the season... to have put the team to bed would be the ideal situation.
Players can only achieve their true 'potential if they are not 'shackled and are able to stand on their own two feet.
Busquets reads everything. Players like Busquets or Xabi Alonso in midfield have the capacity to read the whole game.
If there is anybody who feels they are not in the right frame of mind to play, then obviously, I would not play them.
I enjoy working with players who want to work and I get more satisfaction with that than ready made teams or players.
When my career is over, I want to say to myself that I've done whatever I could to be the best footballer I could be.
Before, I said that they were maybe the best supporters in England. Now maybe they are the best supporters in Europe.
Napoli belongs to the city and to the fans. If this city sees the team reach the final, it will be a source of pride.
The last time I was charged by the FA they had a murder lawyer in against me, so it's going to be a hard case to win.
When you hit that safe 40-point mark it's very easy for a player to think about his holidays and actually switch off.
In a utopia you want to win matches by several goals and by playing a wonderful brand of football. But that's utopia.
Make no mistake, you would prefer to work for someone who is going to put their arm around you at times and lift you.
I will have to make tactical decisions, technical decisions and emotional decisions. This time it was a tactical one.
I think the biggest thing in the Premier League is the divide between the people who have and the people who haven't.
In football if you don't spend the money well enough it comes back to bite you, over not one season but two or three!
I'm blessed to be supported by some brilliant staff, who are all experts in their field and dedicated to what they do.
All my career I have done that, worked with talents, improving 19-year-olds, 20-year-olds, 17-year-olds, 18-year-olds.
Firmino is the most decisive player because he comes to play between the lines and opens the spaces to his team-mates.
Sometimes in football, the best team does not necessarily win; it's the team that plays best on the day that prevails.
I think, with more experience, I'm probably wiser, calmer. You hope you'll be able to use your knowledge a bit better.
If there is one thing I am, it is very hard-headed. If I want something, I go after it - and I go after it ad nauseum.