Any man who concentrates his energies totally on one passion is, by definition, someone who hurts the people close to him.

English players are as easy to coach. The problem is that the Premier League has the best players in the world, and statistically not all of them can be born in England. But we don't have enough English players: we are working very hard on it.

When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes and not more intelligent.

I didn't know the English were good at swimming. I have been in this country for 12 years and I haven't seen a swimming pool.

We played a whole season unbeaten but you did not see me every week jumping on the tables. Once it's over it's over and you do in the next one as well as you can. Plenty of managers who have won the Champions League will not be considered great managers.

The real revelation of a player's character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life I can hide my real personality.

You cannot say that you are happy when you don't win.