Manuel Pellegrini Quotes

You will never run more than the ball. The players that don't lose the ball are the most important in the team, and good players decide the game.

I can score the basketball, but I think I can pass pretty well or I can make the correct pass. I'm not the type of guy who's just going to throw the ball inbounds to a guy who's wide open. I can make the right pass.

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

Usually, the most intelligent player is a midfielder.

Guardiola has helped me so when I receive the ball, I have space.

You watch Silva, and he almost never gives the ball away. He is always looking, thinking, making the right calls.

My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he's a complete quarterback. I love the way he can scramble and throw on the run. He can do it all. He can control a game.

The lower you go down the levels, the more players think they need to hang on to the ball to prove how talented they are, but that's not football.

Anybody who has played with Mesut will tell you how intelligent he is as a player. His vision is probably the best I have ever seen and that is why it is so important to have the right striker ahead of him.

Busquets reads everything. Players like Busquets or Xabi Alonso in midfield have the capacity to read the whole game.

Look at guys like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. Those guys have great arms, but people talk about them more as a quarterbacks and the intellectual side of the game and how they really dissect defenses - and then the arm is something else that helps them with that.

Guardiola likes footballers who can pass the ball, who have eyes for the best position and the right runs.

If Lukaku is not as good as others with his first touch, then give him a ball that he can handle.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

For me, David Silva is a fantastic player because his technique is incredible, and he understands when the right time to pass the ball is.

I'd say my main quality is keeping the ball and my passing.

Football's always been cerebral. The most important thing is thinking fast.

I think my game isn't very flashy, but the test of time for the position of quarterback is how fast can you get the ball out of your hands to the right guy? And I think I do that better than everyone else.

I spent the best part of 20 years trying to stop people like Chris Waddle from playing. Now I'm convinced that good touch and loads of movement are the way forward.

It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.

Aaron Rodgers - I love the way he scrambles and how he plays the game - he always makes great decisions with the ball.

Deco is a very skillful player. He thinks very fast on the pitch.

Obviously, I don't have any real speed to work with so I have to use other things. The modern game is very speed based so as soon as managers see that you haven't got that pace it can be tough.

This is football, so you need to be clever to understand the moment and win games.

Anyone who wants to be a centre-half would have to say that John Terry is a role model. Every centre-half in the game would agree with that. It is the way he leads the team and the way he reads the game.