I am not against being pragmatic, because it is pragmatic to make a good pass, not a bad one. If I have the ball, what do I do with it? Could anybody argue that a bad solution like just kicking it away is pragmatic just because, sometimes, it works by accident?

I believe one of the best things about managing people is that we can influence lives in a positive way. That's basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I am very happy.

A football team is a like a beautiful woman, when you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful

If I give you a good wine, you will see how it tastes and after you ask where it comes from.

The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money.

Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know.

For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal.