Quique Setien Quotes

"Hard work is the most important. Conviction also, but real hard work."

"I take into account the importance and the hierarchy of each player, but in a club like Barca with so many players... I know that some are going to get angry because not all are fit and it is a decision that I must take responsibility for, and that is what I do."

"In moments of frustration one may not have refined comments."

"There is a great part of the professional world that I don't like."

"I understand football through the ball. There are others who interpret the game without the ball."

"There are coaches who put more or less players in front of the ball; when you put lots of players ahead of the ball, the risk is magnified. There are coaches that won't contemplate that. I respect that."

"When I arrived at Lugo, the whole world told me you can't play that football in Segunda B. I said we could, and was there six years."

"When I arrive at a club, I always look at it like I'm going to stay all my life. I couldn't work like I do otherwise."

"I'm a romantic, I like the football."

"If you play badly and lose, you're left with nothing. If you lose but play well, you still have something. You have something to build on."

"I do not agree that the coach has to adapt to the players. There was a time when I thought it, but that was because I did not understand football."

"I told Cruyff I'd have given my little finger to have played for his team, but not just to play at Barcelona but for how they played, because I saw how the players enjoyed themselves."

"I started to really watch football. To analyze it. To understand what I felt, and what I wanted to put into practice when I became a coach."

"I've watched Barcelona all my life."

"The formation is important but not that important. The important thing is the concepts in each position on the pitch. That has to be integrated into the players' heads. The players will develop when they understand it."

"I don't rule out 3-4-3 or other formations depending on the game."

"Of course I would like to coach Neymar one day."

"I'm interested in the football; everything outside of that is something I can't control."

"All I'm interested in is giving my players the tools they need to win."

"Speak to me about football; the rest doesn't interest me. The rest doesn't help me in my job."

"I'm not going to tell Messi how to live his life - or anyone else, for that matter."

"I never really understood the game until I saw Cruyff's Barcelona play. The first time that happened it opened up a new world to me. I began to understand that football was a collective thing, and that association between players meant you could keep the ball the whole game."

"I have always thought winning on its own is not enough. You have to have continuity in what you do. The things you do have to last."

"Any footballer who understands space and time and positioning can become a better player because he knows how to receive the ball alone with time to play a pass or shoot."

"I want my team to play well almost all of the time and have possession of the ball."

"I only guarantee one thing when I take over a new club: that we play good football."

"For many players the opportunity to be able to play with Messi represents a huge incentive."

"It's true that you often have arguments with players as you do in everyday life and that's nothing new."

"When you don't win games everyone tries to stir the pot but this is the circus we're in."

"Real Madrid are a team who are a little anarchic."