Manuel Pellegrini Quotes

I wanted to work with people from the world, with different minds and different visions.

You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.

I speak all my languages basically every day with the people in the dressing room, and it's a pleasure to be able to do so. On the pitch, if it's a group of players I'm trying to communicate with, then I use English because you need to make sure everyone understands what you are saying.

When you are new and working with senior artists, it is their responsibility to make you comfortable.

At the end of the day, you do this job because you really like working with your team and like the chance to compete as an organization.

There's no WAR for being a good teammate, so apparently that means older guys can't get paid.

I know what I do for my team and what my teammates expect of me on both ends of the floor.

I'm always a big advocate for adapting to your new team, your new country and your new team-mates.

I mean I've been around a lot of places and there's been a lot of guys that - every single team that I've ever been on, I really try to take advantage of the older veterans that are there, try to learn about their process, how they take care of their bodies, how they study, how they watch film.

I've developed a lot under Jurgen Klopp. I am very grateful to him, and it is a lot of fun to work with him.

If you join a growth organization, you'll likely do different things in different roles throughout your career. It's excellent to learn and build with others. You'll meet people you want to work with.

Good teams, whatever the circumstances or the atmosphere or the pitch, find a way of playing.

Acting in different languages doesn't stop you from growing; on the contrary, for an artiste, it helps a lot.

The thing I enjoy is that I have come to league as a union player, and I have to adapt to different situations I am facing.

Coaching changes are a part of football; they arrive ready to meet the goals they have been set, so you respect them and work with them like any other.

I work closely with Hispanic leadership.

I've seen a lot and experienced so many different cultures, and that's helped me a lot in my career and helped me mature as a person.

When you are in a big team, there's time when you can stay out.

Everyone has to understand what the role is - what the role of the player is, the role of the coach is. You're hired to do something. You're paid to do something.

It's important to work with a team if you believe in the project. If I'm not happy, I leave. This is true for everyone in every job.

Sometimes you're going to have someone on your team who's just not comfortable with being open. You have to ask yourself, 'Is this person going to allow us to be a real team?' Maybe they're not right for your team. You have to be willing to lose someone sometimes.

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

As a team, we're all inside a bubble. Each of us only has so much room to operate. You have to carve out your space and recognize that because of someone else's needs, you might have to compromise a bit.

It's hard to learn a new guy each time out there.

I credit Kansas City with my work ethic and learning from the amazing artists that are in that town.