Unai Emery Quotes

We cannot take responsibility for every goal we concede, we all need to do our part across the field to ensure we win as a team.

Defensive moments are for each and every player.

No matter how much striking power you have got, you need to have a sense of defensive compactness from everyone.

We stood back-to-back, blocking and striking in harmony; sometimes it felt like his arms and legs were an extension of me. I could count on him to keep them off me from behind.

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.

Ten strong horses could not pull an empty baby carriage if they worked independently of each other.

You need to defend as a team to defend well.

If they focus on me too often, somebody's going to be wide open. It's all about playing together and playing as a team.

One player's influence in football is not as big as in other sports: it's 11 players vs. 11 players.

All the small things matter. Communication. It doesn't matter what you are doing. You have to be on the same page.

I stay in the middle and my team-mates can go to attack.

When you are a goalkeeper, you know the responsibility.

The thing that you don't understand about college basketball until you're one or two seasons in - and something I've struggled with - is that you have to be 100 percent connected to your other four guys on the court at all times.

As a group we must make sure we're all in sync with each other. We need to be connected through each other's actions.

There is no such thing as pressing on your own. You need to know where to stand, and you have to coordinate that with the whole team together.

When you haven't got the ball, while we're defending, sometimes I am not always where I need to be.

When we lose the ball, we look to win it back as soon as possible. But you can't do it alone; you have to do it all together.

No single player can stop Antoine Griezmann on his own.

The most overrated thing is that you're a good defensive team because of your coaching. No. You're a good defensive team because you care and because it's important to you.

Really what we've done is establish a tradition in Carolina of playing defense.

When we have the ball, we're all offensive players. When we lose the ball, we're all defensive players.

You have to be able to work as a unit sometimes, in the ring when you're wrestling other people.

When we are organised on the pitch, it is easier to play in defense.

I like to watch teams who play well, ball on the floor, ball to feet, playing well as a collective.

I'm just going out there to do my role, the same role - defense first - and then see how the ball turns out on the offensive end.