NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO

I am not obsessed about making an impression on the Premier League.

We will never play for a draw, as it doesn't make sense. Come on, you make a 0-0 plan, you get one goal after five minutes, and it's finished. The players look and say, 'Now what?'

Football is an emotional game, and that is why we love it, but part of the work I have to do is to control that emotion both for me and my players.

I learned a lot from the coaches I played for.

People say that the most difficult part is scoring the goal. But what I have to do is get the player there. If you focus on the goal instead of the how, then suddenly the chances start to decrease.

The first introduction I had with English football was in the FA Cup in the early '80s.

I want to build a team who can play home and away the same.

I'm a coach who likes to have the ball, but what I really think is, 'How can you be in charge of the game?' I think, but maybe I am the only one, that the defensive process can take care of the game. Why is that? Because teams wait to defend. If you create something where you go to defend, to steal the ball where you want, it's different.

Even when you are not having the ball, you have to stay consistent, organised, and that's what keeps you in the game.

Every team and club has its own personal goals and objectives, and I'm only concerned about mine.

Football is a passionate game, and the emotions are intense. As long you respect the people around you, I don't see any problem with that.

I know that if I have come to Britain, I must adapt, and I will try to.

At Porto, under Jose Mourinho, we won everything with a fantastic group of football players. Mourinho built that. He made us succeed, won everything. This has a big impact.

When you win, you want to repeat it.

Representing your country is what you want.

You have to love your job.

To be called up to the national team is what you want.

We must believe we can score in every moment - at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the game.

It's very hard to rank performances. It's very difficult, and it doesn't really matter if you rank performances.

What you have to become is really strong in what you do. That's the point of building a team. You don't know any other way - it would be absurd to do it any other way.

I want to thank everybody for every day that I have spent at Valencia CF. It has been an honour and a source of pride for me.

All coaches say, 'We want to control the game. We want the ball. Blah, blah, blah, blah,' but it's impossible to have the ball all the time.

Time is always important; sometimes time doesn't always go along with patience. It is always important. You have to deal with it. It's part of football. Every decision is judged.

We work on our set pieces for every opponent. It's a moment of the game that requires a lot of hard work, defensive and offensively. We try to invest our time in set pieces.

The barrier of communication is terrible if you don't speak the language. You cannot reach a player with a translator.