Unai Emery Quotes

Great execution. That's what you have to do when you're playing great teams.

Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

As a player, you have to focus on the match and not too much on the surroundings.

When I'm on the field, I'm locked in, focused on my job. I try to have a positive play and try to get points on the board.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

We must take on each match as best we can and try to recover from each as quickly as possible.

Even if we don't play fantastically, with good passing and precision and finesse, the most important thing is to win.

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

As a player you just concentrate on your game.

Nothing goes through your head when you're playing except who you are playing against and what you can do to affect the game.

The No. 1 thing is you want to be able to win the game, and we're going to do whatever we have to do to win the game.

You prepare yourself by concentrating on what you have to do out on the field.

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.

It will be a hard game if you think about winning a championship. We need to think about our own game at the moment and focus on getting good results especially over the Christmas period.

I like to go on the court and have a little bit of information about my opponent.

A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn't know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, 'Just call my name to see where I am,' because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself.

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

It doesn't matter the way you're playing, especially the beginning of a grand slam. It doesn't change anything.

Having three tough finishing holes in a major, you know, you know that, most likely, it's going to come down to those last three holes. Having a good game plan, a good strategy, and executing obviously is going to be the big key.

I think whether home or away, it's playing a full four quarters, doing good things on offense all the way through the game rather than just in spurts.

When I'm on the field, I really don't focus on fans. I just focus on my responsibility, which is the guy right across from me.

It gives me a lot of confidence to play with my feet, and I have to be focused for 90 minutes.

We think game by game.

I can't be getting off my game. I need to be getting teams off their games.