Arsene Wenger Quotes
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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.
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One of the things I discovered in Japan was from watching sumo wrestling. At the end you can never tell who has won the fight, and who has lost, because they do not show their emotion because it could embarrass the loser. It is unbelievable. That is why I try to teach my team politeness. It is only here in England that everybody pokes their tongue out when they win.
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Everybody has a different opinion in this league and nobody is a prophet. I personally don't know who will win the league. I managed 1,600 games so, if Nani knows, he must be 1,600 times more intelligent than I am.
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If you buy a man who is half dead, everybody may be happy off the field, but on the field you'll have major problems
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If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all.
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If you don't question the officials' role then you've got to ask what they are doing
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What makes him special? He has a mixture of physical talent and technical ability, as well as remarkable intelligence and above all a great passion for the game.
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Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together.
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I believe I do my job the way I have to do it.
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In a competitive world, not everybody can follow the pace; you will leave people out. We now accept that we must take care of these people. You cannot let them die in the streets; people will not accept it. And that is right, too.
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I think we live in a very competitive world, and I love competition.
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Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.
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It is always a danger when you have a big game ahead, but there is only one way to prepare well for our Champions League game - and that is to do well tomorrow. Therefore, I feel there is a lot at stake for us tomorrow. It is a massive game for us.
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In my job, you expect to suffer. That's why when I go to hell one day, it will be less painful for me than you, because I'm used to suffering.
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If I were going to war I would want to be alongside an Englishman not a Frenchman. The Frenchman would think too much.
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Sometimes you have to swallow the unswallowable.
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I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.
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I would be much more annoyed if we hadn't won the game. As a manager, you have to see the positives and I think Pires has a vaccine for the rest of his life.
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Private life is private life. Off the pitch, there is private life, and the rest is social life, where of course you have to behave responsibly.
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Work on your strong points because they are what made you.
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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.
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It's a strange atmosphere always over there, it is darker and less glamorous, and you don't feel as high. It is a different kind of test - can you raise your level in a less exciting environment and perhaps still a very difficult one?
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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.
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To achieve great things you have first to believe it.