Diego Simeone Quotes

Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.

My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way.

I respect my father as a father, but I also respect him as an honorable chairman.

I feel deeply my responsibility to teach sacred things. I am so aware that the world is changing and will be vastly different from the one I have known. Values have shifted. Basic decency and respect for good things are eroding.

We should not look down on our first ancestors.

How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers.

Remember, I'm West Point, where I was born. My father went there.

I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect.

I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them.

I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.

Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him.

Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Elders are the books of the young.

Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness.

Chinese martial artists consider themselves to be gardeners, and it's an honor for them to take care of this garden, to better it and hand it over to the generations that follow. I think that's a very important message in a time when personal achievement seems to be the only criteria of success.

I'm proud of my dad's name. But I'm not running on my dad's name. I'm running on my dad's values.

When I was young, I watched my mom and dad build everything that matters: a family, a business and a good name. I was raised to believe in hard work, in faith and family. My dad, Ed Pence, was a combat veteran in Korea.

I feel very comfortable at Bayern Munich.

I was fortunate to play with so many wonderful footballers and under the greatest manager of all time, but I do believe that a club's ethos, the principles of how it plays, should outlive even the biggest individuals in its history.

When you sit at the feet of an elder, it changes you.

For me, I wear a suit because I need to remember what's happened before me.

I share a special bond with Ajax. I think we are a special club. And we're known for our philosophy around the world.

You bear the weight of the club's history on your shoulders, and you only become a true Red Devil once you understand this.

Everything we've ever done has been for artistry's sake, and for the greater good and paying homage to those who came before us and paving the way for those who come after us.