Manuel Pellegrini Quotes

Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player. play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.

You ask me: 'Was he a fair player?' I say: 'No, I'm sorry, for me he was not a fair player.' I just think I respect him highly as a quality player. I did not like some things he did on the football pitch and I have the right to say that. It's not because you are older, suddenly, that you are a saint.

The Sharks board agree red cards and dirty play cannot be condoned, and it is unacceptable that this behaviour be associated with the Sharks brand.

I think making the referee aware of a situation, there is nothing wrong with that.

I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals.

There are a couple people who have complained on other teams about some of the things that Pittsburgh players have done. Some of that goes in the category of gamesmanship. Some of that goes to the fact that we need to be vigilant as a league to make sure that players aren't unnecessarily and inappropriately hurt.

Rafa is one of the most fair players on the tour.

Well, I tried to play defense. But when they did call a foul on Shaq, I tried to make sure they called a foul.

I'm not a flopper. I hate when people say I'm a flopper. I don't flop. You never see me flying all over the floor. None of that. I barely fall down in games.

The league has to be sensitive about what crosses the line and what doesn't. It's tough to determine what is a legal hit and what isn't a legal hit, and if someone was deliberately trying to hurt someone or not. A certain integrity, though, has to be maintained.

I find it quite funny to see players rolling over trying to win free-kicks or get opponents booked. I've never done that, even at an early age. My friends would have just laughed at me.

Through county cricket all the way up to international cricket, the individual needs to be responsible for his behaviour.

Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.

I'm not a dirty player.

In England, the referee doesn't blow his whistle.

I never wanted anybody to think that I deliberately hurt opponents. The vast majority of players are the same.

I see a lot of fouls on Messi, and he's not the type to overreact.

Sometimes I see it [a foul by an Arsenal player], but I say that I didn’t see it to protect the players and because I could not find any rational explanation for what they did.

It was a cheap shot. They won the game, move on. My thing is, I don't ask for a lot, but I demand my respect, especially from a guy like that.

Seriously, the Olympic badminton players were apparently trying to lose on purpose, a big story. But really, think about it, if you train day and night for four years to be in the Olympics for badminton, in a way, haven't you already lost?

In my old neighborhood, a boy stopped playing when he began to lose his pulse. And then he became the referee.

It's the referee's job. It's not for me to have to say I should ease up.

Some have said that I can accept inadequacies in my players but not in umpires. That completely misses the point. I can't tolerate anyone's mistake.

I just get on with my game and let the referees do their job.

We cannot constantly supervise everyone in football ...you cannot ask everyone to behave ethically.