I know one of my best qualities is to read the game for my players, is to read the opponent, is to identify every detail about the opponent.

I remember playing at Old Trafford, and the way to the dugout was always nice. It was never like in other stadiums.

I need my time to be lonely.

I always say that I need competition, and I need competition every week, and in Spain, I was at an amazing club, but I had four matches a year: Barcelona v Real Madrid, Real Madrid v Barcelona, and after that, we'd win 4-0, 5-0, 4-1, 6-1.

The period before the game can be important to influence opinions, characters, personalities, feelings, and, of course, I use that to touch my players, to touch opponents, to touch supporters.

For me, your real age is not the age on your ID. That's just a date when you were born.

Once, players came to football expecting to be wealthy when they retired. Now, they expect to be wealthy before they've played their first game!

I prefer to play against the best players and the best teams and the best coaches. Never personal.

In football, I'm not so old. At 52, maybe I have 20 years in front of me to coach. But I feel myself as... you might say an 'old fox.' Nothing scares me; nothing worries me too much. It looks like nothing new can happen for me.

I give a lot of instruction in training. It's difficult for me to do the same in matches, so I need guys on the pitch to read the game, to understand what we want.