Pep Guardiola Quotes

We want to win every game of football we go into. I don't know how we would go into a game not wanting to win and not wanting to play well.

Every first-class season is important; every game is crucial, irrespective of whether you are in the Indian team or not.

I feel like, at any given time, if I'm not playing my best football, if I'm not taking coaching points, if I'm not doing things right out there on the field, I feel I can be covered by anyone.

In this business, a lot of coaches are running around thinking they're the reason their teams are winning.

Ultimately, we've got to make sure our players understand that the margin for error is very small against these top teams in the world, and we've been punished several times for that.

In basketball, there are no trap games. If you walk out on that court and lose a game, it's because the other team beat you. You played poorly. But there's no trap game.

We're playing real football here, and doing what it takes to win games.

I've no doubt about the attitude of the players. Everything moves quickly in football; we coaches move on quickly from victory and defeat.

I have worked on my defense skills and played in the midfield as well. Coaches are preparing players to play at any given position.

I have tried to convince the players that if we work on certain things in training, they will happen in games and we will score goals from them.

I am the one to admit that I didn't put the ball where it needed to be all the time. But, you know, given the circumstances that we had in Wyoming, we won two back-to-back eight-win seasons. It was a place where we ended up winning football games.

You can be the best coach in the world, but if you don't have the players, you cannot get results.

It's about how the players play and compete. I know everybody is going to equate that on winning or losing, like they always do, but if we play hard and compete well in the game .. then I think we are building on something.

When the team plays better, individuals play better as well.

Given the way Duke plays its offense and defense, in high school I was very interested in playing for Coach K. Then when you get there and see how good he is, you buy into it a hundred percent. He has a recipe for how to be successful on the court.

Defense, for me, is where I really love to put work in most. Defense is, in my mind, what wins games.

I definitely need to take a look at several positions. I'm going to be playing a little everywhere. As much as I know at every position is better off for me and is better off for the team.

A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.

The most important thing for me is to value the players and try to improve them individually in order to improve the team.

When you train a massive club or little third division outfit, when you go out to play football in any situation, it is always about winning.

When Manchester United play with the right spirit, nobody can beat us.

I love Coach K's passion to coach his players and to coach the game. I examined and watched the interaction between him and his staff, along with the players, and was impressed how hard they played.

When you're playing for a great team like Madrid, with a lot of pressure because you have to win every game, it's a difficult life.

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.

The players don't sit in there and think, 'We have to make the Champions League.' They want to play well in every game.