Sometimes now, when I watch continental games on television, I'm a bit bored. I ask, 'where is the intensity?'

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

I am supposed to take the bullets and absorb them. Like a bear, a polar bear.

When I arrive at the gates of Heaven the Good Lord will ask ‘what did you do in your life?’ I will respond ‘I tried to win football matches.’ He will say: ‘Are you certain that’s all?’ But, well, that’s the story of my life.

Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home.

I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art. When you read some books they are fantastic, the writer touches something in you that you know you would not have brought out of yourself. He makes you discover something interesting in your life. If you are living like an animal, what is the point of living? What makes daily life interesting is that we try to transform it to something that is close to art.

When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren't the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation.