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Quotes by Coach
"In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto."
60
"When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game."
48
"Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming."
48
"In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents."
44
"At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions."
42
"I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently."
38
"You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time."
38
"The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20."
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37
"When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started."
36
"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."
35
"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra."
35
"The team is completely close. Anything you say outside, there is no chance it will go inside. So the team is really strong and compact. We know what we want and how to achieve it on the pitch."
34
"But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups."
31
"Especially when you play at home, you need a good atmosphere behind you."
31
"As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game."
31
"If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all."
29
"I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch."
26
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
25
"Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor."
23
"Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe."
22
"Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those."
21
"The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team."
19
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall."
19
"I think I've got an outstanding defensive assistant staff that's really going to help us have consistent, strong defenses. And offensively, we have an excellent staff. We've got some younger guys on offense, but that's what I coach and have my entire coaching career."
18
"When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!"
17
"Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything."
17
"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."
16
"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things."
16
"Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told."
15
"Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident."
15
"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender."
15
"They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense."
15
"Where ever the Mavericks are today, we owe it to Michael Finley. He was the one guy who stayed when we were a terrible team. He stayed and fought the fight."
14
"Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut."
13
"The better the coaching has become, the worse the game has become."
13
"Never mistake activity for achievement."
13
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."
13
"Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players."
13
"The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare."
12
"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."
12
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