Unai Emery Quotes

Good Punjabi music before a match pumps me up. It gives me a kick.

The Bernabeu is a fantastic stadium, probably the best stadium I have ever played.

A lot of the time, if you go into an arena, they're pretty uninspiring. But we try to create an atmosphere.

I end every speech the night before a game with, 'Now, let's go get a snack.'

I basically try to visualize the team doing good things on the court the night before the game. I get shots up. There's not actually a pregame ritual that I do. I'm still trying to figure that out. I say a prayer. I go out with confidence.

I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.

I like Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. With the waterfall and things like that, I think it's pretty cool.

The stadium here in Munich is the best of the lot for me. It is absolutely fantastic, especially the way it lights up a different colour according to who is playing. It's superb.

People don't come to stadiums only to see results. They come to see a reaction, they want to see we are also human, that we can cry or laugh.

I attribute my success to my mental approach to the game. I have always been a serious student of umpiring. I enjoy studying rules, situations, and positioning.

You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memory before the game. I don't know if you'd call it visualising or dreaming, but I've always done it, my whole life.

You can teach all the other stuff, you know. You can teach shooting the ball, you can teach having a good touch... passing and whatnot, but when you get out there on the field, it's just a mindset you need to go into the game with.

Basically I say a few prayers before a game and let that direct me, not superstitions.

Yankee Stadium is a mistake: Not mine - the Giants'.

Before a match, I need to be alone. I need to reach concentration and focus on the game ahead of me.

Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music.

I like to wear the same kind of boots that I've worn in training going up to the game so that I've got a feel for the boots.

It's my job to take the fans sitting at home on their couch and put them in my shoes.

San Siro is a historic stadium. It's nice, but it doesn't offer comfort.

People might think it's all about getting up for a game but it's often the opposite.

It's our way to prepare for games: the music is on before the game and after, so it's not like because we won we're going to change it. It's just because it's the thing we do; it's the thing that gets us relaxed, maybe.

Sticking to a routine helps you get in the zone for the match. I always put my left shinpad on before my right. When I go out onto the pitch, I take three hops on my left leg - but I don't know why I started. I must have seen Messi do it or something.

I listen to worship music before the game to calm my nerves and just go out and have fun. It's a game, and I try to enjoy it.

I don't really listen to music before I go on court.

The best thing about Lord's isn't the slope, it's just being there.