I'm a peculiar type.

I have no problem dropping players.

I don't see myself as a one-man show.

I'm a manager who respects club policy.

We don't see the game as a tactical game.

Everyone around the world watches Bayern.

Playing in Italy and scoring goals is difficult.

In professional football you have to live day-to-day.

I think persistence and resilience are very important.

England was bad for me, I was not flexible in my ideas.

Celebrations are for the players to express themselves.

At Chelsea, a sacking is just another day at the office.

I have become more versatile after the Chelsea experience.

This game is based on good values more than anything else.

I want to discover Japanese culture and Japanese football.

I'm no dictator. I encourage freedom of choice in football.

There are a lot of seasons when Porto have been outstanding.

I've had my fill of media sensationalism and false promises.

You don't expect opposition fans to praise the other players.

I am not arrogant. I would never ask the player to celebrate with me.

I am a person who always puts the team in front and I do it publicly.

I think if you don't have a style, it makes you invisible in football.

I've been very well received by all the people I've met in St. Petersburg.

I think I just want to have a career I can be proud of, whenever it finishes.

Racing runs in the blood of my family and my dream was to do the Dakar one day.

I didn't take the Porto job nor the Chelsea job because Jose made the same steps.

I am an individual who has that hunger for success and I want to keep it that way.

Only by learning from experiences are you able to deal with them better the next time.

In Porto, when we were preparing, the players guessed the team that was going to play.

I work of my own accord. I don't want to work with restraints or worry what Jose thinks.

Qualifying for the Champions League is not possible without a player like Dimitri Payet.

In the Champions League I'm no expert. Pep is the expert, he's won it twice as a manager.

When a person assumes he has made a mistake, it's for all of us to accept a mistake was made.

Everybody likes attacking football; the Premiership is the most exciting league in the world.

The mind and how the player feels is much more important for us, rather than statistical data.

To compete in the Dakar Rally is a lifetime ambition for me and is something I know I have to do.

I say it sincerely, I'm fine in Marseille, I don't want to look for other clubs or other options.

Sometimes whatever you say to players is not enough to convince them your choice is the right one.

Only teams with style succeed. But, in the end, success is normally what matters in modern Europe.

There has to be a level of entertainment. But the trophy cabinet is something that is more visible.

The call to make that decision is not mine, because obviously I won't resign and I'm not a quitter.

The spotlight is something that I don't think is disturbing to me. It doesn't disturb me whatsoever.

I love having the mountains nearby so I can get on the motorbike or bike and get off to go for a walk.

I'm not a religious person, so I just hold on to my self-belief and the belief in my players' talents.

To put in doubt the leadership of Sepp Blatter as FIFA president is not for me to say or managers to say.

After Chelsea it was important to choose somewhere I was surrounded with the right people and commitment.

I'm not a guy who is able to criticise anyone in public but I am not a guy who promotes individuals in public.

By the time that I left Porto I had a few offers, and I probably chose the club that I shouldn't have gone to.

Players can only achieve their true 'potential if they are not 'shackled and are able to stand on their own two feet.

Ideally when you set up for the first game of the season... to have put the team to bed would be the ideal situation.

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