Manuel Pellegrini Quotes

I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.

I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.

After four seasons with Tottenham, where I had grown as much as possible, I needed new challenges for the sake of improving.

People asked me, 'Why aren't you doing something more important?' When I was doing well in the D-League, they were like, 'Why can't you get an NBA job? Or a college job?' I don't think people thought much of what I was doing. That's fine. I was learning. Not just X's and O's, but team dynamics.

I've done it the correct way with the coaching badges. I have done watching the games, I have done listening to managers, I have done travelling around Europe watching other managers train, I have done a bit of TV work to help with analysis.

The 18 years on TNT has prepared me for a lot of opportunities, and coaching is one of them.

When it comes to landing a good job, many people focus on the role. Although finding the right title, position, and salary is important, there's another consideration that matters just as much: culture.

Life after 'Home and Away' has been good. I'm very lucky and fortunate.

I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities.

I always keep busy it gives you an opportunity to go through your coaching methods, your files, to see how other managers are working and re-educate yourself.

I don't want to be jumping from team to team.

Providence had a graduate assistant job opening. They asked me if I wanted to apply, and I applied. That break right there put me in position to learn from great coaches. It really jump-started every other good break I ever had in coaching.

Coaches have plans and structures, and if you're not in those plans you shouldn't take it personally.

But you grow more knowledgeable during the time you play in the Premier League. Every new manager, new chapter, has been a learning curve.

I am extremely lucky - I met Antonio Conte. I had so many coaches to compare him to, and he is the one that surprised me the most.

Raising capital is not the toughest part. The toughest part is building a great team and making sure it's growing with the company.

I went through 15 years as a coach at Spurs working under seven, eight different managers. And every time a manager went, you weren't sure whether you'd still be there. Some people might worry about these things but I never have.

People do that all the time - they switch teams, switch coaches, switch camps.

Us coaches love to have as many players available as possible.

The very first thing I tell every intern on the first day is that their internship exists solely on their resume. As far as I am concerned, they are a full-time member of my team. For all the negative stereotypes about millennials, you would be astounded by how hard they work when they believe their contribution matters.

I am very satisfied with what I've done in my career and with what I managed to do with Botafogo.

You never want to be behind your team-mate at the end of the year, that's definitely always going to be my goal.

Basically... I think moving abroad would be good for my professional and personal well-being. Eventually, I'd like to leave the Bundesliga.

I don't think I've still got things to show Carlo Ancelotti. He has seen me play a lot, even before he was our manager, and he knows what I can do.

From facing a manager for the past 16 years to suddenly being the one person everyone is looking at is a daunting prospect. It's something I want to be prepared for. If I get the opportunity, I don't want to let myself down.