Luis Enrique Quotes

I don't like to criticise referees because I believe it is a very complicated job, and what they do is very beneficial for football.

You can't put your arm around the referee! That's ungentlemanly conduct.

We need to learn that in the Champions League, the referees are vigilant and quick to whistle.

I'll be the first one to admit my first couple of years I was pretty hard on the refs.

Error is part of the game. I never, ever second-guessed myself on a call and don't believe good umpires ever should.

Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody.

If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings.

How I hate the Beautiful Game! I hate its cry-baby players and its gruff, joyless managers, its blokish supporters and its sinister owners, its whistle-peeping referees and its chippy little linesmen, its excitable commentators and - perhaps most of all - its unpluggable 'analysts.'

There's no reason for me to go into a big dissertation about why I'm not getting the calls. The refs have to do their jobs as well. I even mentioned it in training camp to the refs when we had our little meeting.

If you ask any referee before the game - they ask me if I have anything to say, I tell them 'I'm going straight up.' Every time. Every game. And they know that and they say I'm one of the best at it.

In this day and age, in modern goalkeeping, if you come out and you catch the ball and you get smacked, you're going to get the foul.

I don't think anybody in any sport ever sucks. You're an athlete. You're a professional.

There was always football in my family: my dad, big and little brothers, even my mum used to play.

But referees have to remember there is a reason managers are being nice to them - we're hoping that it just might make the difference when there is a borderline decision.

My father and my mother were professional footballers and have also been coaches.

In Italy, everyone is talking about the referee for three days before the game - 'We don't like him. He is no good.'

If the NBA wants me to be somebody who can say, 'It is flop or not?' I'll do that for free. For fun.

Football is always a very emotional game, and VAR is changing that a bit.

You have to remember one thing: Football is entertainment; it's not life or death. Once the game is over, you're already talking about next year and the draft. It's just entertainment.

We should not discuss refereeing performances but support decisions to help their work.

I don't like to criticise referees, because I believe it is a very complicated job.

In England, the referees don't call many fouls, as opposed to Spanish football. Consequently, you must be really strong all through the 90 minutes.

The limits are set by the referees. Those are the ones who are in charge of making sure this is football and not American football.

Befriending Pro Bowlers and future Hall of Famers is pretty cool, but I'm just enjoying the ride, looking at every day in the NFL as a memorable moment.

Really and truly, I don't like talking about refereeing decisions.