Rafael Benitez Quotes

I've lost two jobs, at Newcastle and Norwich, but that's the nature of the game these days. It doesn't remove winning the Championship with Newcastle from my record, nor finishing 11th in my first season at Norwich after we went on an incredible run before Christmas.

Good teams understand how to compete, how to practice the right way.

You know when you have a manager that is always successful, is always in the title race and always playing in the Champions League.

The one thing you have to be careful of is trying to do what other teams and players are doing when you don't have the people to do it yourself.

When you have got a new manager you have got to impress and get used to what he wants really quickly.

I really enjoyed being with my teammates and representing Mexico, but I didn't go where I wanted to go.

When I arrived at Chelsea, I had got used to playing 50 games, and suddenly, I was sharing my position with another player.

I am looking forward to my next race. What comes, comes.

Chelsea belongs in the Champions League, and we must stay there.

If you go down the leagues, you have to understand what level you're working with, and if you get frustrated, then it's not going to ever happen for you. That's why a lot of managers don't succeed where they should do.

Sweden usually don't play good against the poor teams. We like being the underdogs.

Obviously, you want to win a trophy and finish as high up the table as possible. But it's important to focus game-by-game.

I was fortunate to be part of great teams that had success, and I was part of great teams that didn't have success.

You see it everywhere in football: when results are not there, then the first guy who has to go is the manager. It's not always the managers; sometimes it's also the players who we have to blame.

I am not obsessed, but it is natural that doing well for PSG is the only way I can push back into the squad.

I'll do everything I can to get West Ham as far up the table as I can.

Every single player has to take responsibility for what they do. Look at the Manchester United team that won the Champions League in 2008, they didn't have a 'leader' like Roy Keane any more.

Hopefully I can challenge myself and establish myself as a Premier League player for Aston Villa.

I had a good time at Liverpool. They were great lads. The manager had his reasons to keep me on the bench, and at the same time, they were on a good run.

I think when people say Madrid are playing well and Barca are not and vice-versa, or when one wins the Champions League, it's better than the other, I don't think that makes sense. Everyone takes their own path.

I don't agree that we have to win the Champions League to be a success.

To train a national team, you have to know what team you have at your disposal and what this team is capable of. You need to get the best out of them and take them as far as possible. Yet, sometimes, you can't achieve your goals.

Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.

I like Bayern and I think I can win titles with Bayern to reach the highest technical level of my career, to go for the Ballon d'Or, the Champions League, the Club World Cup.

When I left Liverpool, my aim was to get into the top six, and I was looking for a team that could get involved at that level. West Ham were brilliant at the time. They'd signed a lot of players, had a lot of money. But they've had problems since then.