Arsene Wenger Quotes
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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 I give you a good wine, you will see how it tastes and after you ask where it comes from.
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I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential.
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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 believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.
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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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Sometimes you have to swallow the unswallowable.
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Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together.
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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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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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Who is the Best Player in the World? Leo Messi. Who is the Best Player Ever? Leo Messi!
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Gerard is an open-minded and passionate man. I am the opposite: stubborn and stupid. But sometimes stupid behaviour makes you win.
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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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I think we live in a very competitive world, and I love competition.
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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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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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I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.
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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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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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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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To achieve great things you have first to believe it.
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I'm not scared to spend money. If you go out with me one night, you will understand that.
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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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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.