Choose the best player for every position, and you'll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1's.

There are very few players who know what to do when they're not marked. So sometimes you tell a player: that attacker is very good, but don't mark him.

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

I'm not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw.

Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.

You know I don't think there will ever be a time when the English player is not respected, and feared, across the world of football. The English footballer is very brave and strong and committed and there is always enough high-class players in his team to cause concern in any opponent. It is a national characteristic.

Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.