Arsene Wenger Quotes
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Sometimes now, when I watch continental games on television, I'm a bit bored. I ask, 'where is the intensity?'
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If I give you a good wine, you will see how it tastes and after you ask where it comes from.
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You weren’t world-class when Arsenal signed you.
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Unfortunately apparently I am to blame because I don't produce enough English players.
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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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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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I believe I do my job the way I have to do it.
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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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You cannot play for Arsenal and give up, no matter what the score is.
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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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Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together.
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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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As far as I'm concerned, this guy should never play football again. The answer you normally get after a tackle like that is 'he is not the type of guy who does that.' It's like a guy who kills one time in his life - it's enough. You have a dead person. This tackle is absolutely horrendous.
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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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I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential.
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Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know.
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I know how important it is to have a helping hand.
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It is one of my biggest regrets that Niall Quinn was not here during my time... I felt he was an intelligent player. It would have been a good combination with Thierry Henry. What I like with Quinn is if you look at the player who played next to him, he always scored 40 goals because he had a hand for his head and he just put the ball where you were. He was a team player. A top-class player makes other players look good and he had that player.
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I'm French. I have not become an Englishman. I have the impression of living on an island called Arsenal. If you fancy a sightseeing tour of London, don't ask me. You would get lost.
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You ask me: 'Was he a fair player?' I say: 'No, I'm sorry, for me he was not a fair player.' I just think I respect him highly as a quality player. I did not like some things he did on the football pitch and I have the right to say that. It's not because you are older, suddenly, that you are a saint.
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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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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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The background looks like a lot of red cards.
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You build a player like you build a house. You start with the foundations. The fundamentals.