Mauricio Pochettino Quotes

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

Playing in a team like Barca, you always feel pressure. The demand is to win everything, but this is good for you as a footballer: it makes you play better.

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.

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

Everyone in the Premier League feels pressure to get results. It is part of being a footballer.

When you play for Manchester United, the pressure's on every week.

When you play for United, you have to perform every week.

At Real Madrid there is always pressure to win.

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

At Juve you were first or you were nothing. If we went out of the Champions League it was a tragedy. I saw team-mates who did not eat for a week.

Any game is important to me. At Boston College, when I went out for the spring games, I wanted to win. Maybe it is more important than other preseason games. It's just that everyone is expecting a lot from me in my first week of professional football. I want to confirm my expectations.

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

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

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

I think if you play for Chelsea you have to deal with the pressure, everybody knows the expectations.

When you play for a team like Chelsea you will have to fight for your place.

At all big clubs, there is pressure. They all want to win and expect to win.

When you start at Ajax and you're six or seven years old, you're in the best team in the league - always. And you have to dominate, at home and away from home. A draw is never enough. A win is never enough.

I have played in big clubs for many, many years. When you win, it is good, but when you lose, nobody is going to be happy, and the pressure is going to be there.

It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.

I had no direct experience of a relegation scrap, but with Wales, I never had the luxury of being allowed to lose games. I was under pressure to win even the friendlies.

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.

The pressure to win is always there, especially with the Brazilian team.

I've played regularly in a big club at Benfica, where it is not easy and there is a lot of pressure. In those years I learned to be a winner and play under that pressure.

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