Ernesto Valverde Quotes

When I played for Arsenal, like once per month, you always had this feeling you had to perform.

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

I have played for Real Madrid, which is such a big club and where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and, really, win absolutely every game. There is no game where people don't expect you to win. So, having played there for three years, pressure is nothing that would scare me.

I've played for Real Madrid, where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and really win absolutely every game.

There is always a lot of pressure at Chelsea, but we are used to this and have to make sure we keep winning games.

At Arsenal and the so-called big clubs, you always know that there will be a bigger spotlight on every single position.

When you play for Barcelona, there is always pressure to win - you play for something special. It's the same when you player for Tottenham; the names are not important.

Don't misunderstand,' he said, 'there's pressure with every football game… Sometimes players, coaches, teams put pressure on themselves when they don't have to.

But Liverpool is a big club, and expectations are high, so it is normal that you are going to be criticised.

At Real Madrid there is always pressure to win.

This is Real Madrid, and I understand there is great pressure for new signings to succeed here.

There's always pressure on people's shoulders when it comes to Man United, and it's how you deal with the pressure.

I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me to be an oracle, wave a magic wand, sprinkle some slow, sparkly dust on them, to make everything all right.

From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny.

There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there; it's just important that you know how to handle expectations.

In England everyone puts a lot of pressure on you when you have cost a lot of money.

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.

As a quarterback, obviously, you're going to be put in the forefront whether you like it or not, and if you're not then you're not doing your job.

Having a constant productive anxiety doesn't mean that people are miserable and wailing but that people know they will be held accountable if things do not go right.

Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time.

We know that if you have a good game, you are God, and if you misplace five passes in a row, they want to kick you out of Madrid. You have to find the middle ground.

There is a lot of pressure to top yourself... to come up with a 'Rumours II,' and that seemed like a trap.

You are always having to prove something in football whether you are flying or not.

I used to play as a No. 10, in Bilbao, in most of the games, but when I came to United, when you come to one of the biggest clubs in the world, you realise that if you want to be a No. 10, you have to score 10, 12 goals per season.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.