Pep Guardiola Quotes

I just wanted to keep the game close until we scored some runs.

You don't want to be down 2-0 in a series. It's always important to try and get one on the opponent's home court. It makes your job at home easier.

You are not going to win many games if you start behind.

I've been in that situation three or four times before where I'm losing the fight - the fight seems almost over with - and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.

Clearly finals are one-off games and they always depend on starting well in order to impose yourself on the game.

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.

I don't think anybody was ever up 6-2 and would lose the tiebreaker.

Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.

Sometimes that happens. I know how it feels to lose eight or nine to nothing. It can be frustrating but it was good for us. This was a team that was hot the last nine games. It seemed like any puck we touched went our way.

Every time I got close, somebody seemed to play a little better.

When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.

Conceding just before half-time never helps.

I have the game for the pressure matches and now I just have to be consistent.

At the Olympics, for those eight minutes of each fight, all that attention was on me. Either the crowd is with you or against you.

We always think that the next match is the most important one.

We all like being part of the Premier League. There is a lot of attention and we enjoy that but football is always the same. If you win, you have friends. If you don't win, you are looking for friends. That's the game.

If I have learned anything from my coaches, it's that the next game is the most important. The next game is the one that gives you confidence or gets you into trouble.

It's just about keeping the momentum going, and it doesn't matter whether it's Champions League or Premier League or whatever trophy you're going for, you've got to focus on the opponent that lies ahead.

Football can give everyone who loves the game their great moments and most dreadful disappointments. All it takes is a couple of bad injuries or decisions to turn a season and that's just the unforgiving nature of sport.

In the league, if you have a bad spell, then you are running behind.

It is always good to win the game before the break for internationals.

It was fun winning with the Nasty Nine, but it didn't feel good going into every game with the Nasty Nine, I tell you that.

That's what tournament football's all about. It's about finding your feet in the first game, finding what works, and gaining confidence.

We know how in football everything changes quickly. It doesn't take too long to lose one game.

Every single time we step on to the field - practice field or game field - we're thinking about winning that championship. But at the same time, we're taking it day by day. And we are taking it game by game.