Pep Guardiola Quotes
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I won't be training at 60 years old, because I want to do something else in my life.
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The fans can accept a poor performance, but they won't take it when you choose not to put in the effort.
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I would like to involve and love to work with young players.
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People always think the coach is the strongest person at a club, the boss, but in truth, he's the weakest link. We're there, vulnerable, undermined by those who don't play, by the media, by the fans. They all have the same objective: to undermine the manager.
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I want happiness for the players.
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I have a lot of respect for the careers of the players. They are with us, they are with me, and I treat them like professionals.
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I will not be on the bench until I am 60 or 65 years old.
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I need time, but as soon as possible, we are going to try to create team spirit. That is the most important thing. After that, you can create tactics, but we have to create something special with ourselves.
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I understand and accept that for the people of Munich, only the treble will do.
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The fundamentals, what I want, which is to take the ball, try to play as offensive as possible and dominate the game through the ball, is the same. I grew up with that; I was a player with that idea, and I am a coach with that idea.
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It doesn't mean my footballing ideas are special, different, better than the others. I am not saying it's my football, my ideas, and the other coaches are nothing. It's the way I believe. I'm not special.
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I don't want preconceptions. I want to learn as much as possible.
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I want to win games; I don't want to lose games.
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All the managers in the world, it doesn't matter how good you are, if your players don't understand what you are looking for or what you want, it makes no sense.
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I try to play in one way all my career and here, with high pressing, but it is different in England. Many times the ball is more in the air than the grass, and I have to adapt.
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I know the people expect the best - good. The people expect we'll play fantastic football and win games - good. I can't control that. I accept that, and I just focus on my players in the games.
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I have to understand the rules here in England.
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The players are coming to try every game, every weekend, so that the Manchester City people can be proud, and we will see what is our level to achieve our battles.
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In some times of the game, you have to be more simple.
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We need the whole squad, every player of the team, if we are to be successful.
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Maybe one day I will work in Italy. If they want me.
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We have to cut out some of our mistakes, but the main thing in English football is controlling the second ball. Without that, you cannot survive.
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The people say I have to change? Well, the people have to tell me what I should do to change.
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Barcelona are special in the way they play. They're a machine.