327 Quotes by Rafael Benitez

I don't only watch football. I like films.

Real Madrid approach each match and each competition with the idea of winning it.

I have been doing this for a long ,and it is the players who learn who you need to work with. You have to coach them to think and understand the game. If they cannot, then you have to tell them, 'You have to do this anyway,' but the best thing to do is say, 'Listen, if he is doing this, then maybe you have to do that.'

Whenever you lose, it's always bad, and especially against Barcelona.

I was a PE teacher, and when you teach, you can say, 'You have to do this.' It's an order. That's one way. Or you can say, 'Listen, we have these problems, so give me the solution,' and they have to think about it. Or you can say, 'Here are three options - which one is best?'

When someone gets angry during a training session but then does their job, there's no problem; it's fine.

To win the UEFA Cup with Valencia changed my life. It changed everything.

When you play against a top side, you know they will have more possession, and they will be in more control, and you have to find one or two counterattacks.

When you have more money than anyone, and you can buy the players that you want, OK, you can buy the quality, and maybe you no longer mind about the other things.