Andre Villas-Boas

“The team is more important than any individual.”

“What we have been doing at Tottenham with my staff is a reaction to the mistakes we made at Chelsea. We did not do everything wrong there, but we could have done better.”

“The spotlight is something that I don't think is disturbing to me. It doesn't disturb me whatsoever.”

“I have a passion for motorsports.”

“I'm a manager who respects club policy.”

“You don't expect opposition fans to praise the other players.”

“When a person assumes he has made a mistake, it's for all of us to accept a mistake was made.”

“We have to improve on a weekly basis, on a game-to-game basis.”

“We don't see the game as a tactical game.”

“If you are a dictator of choices, players won't be able to explore their possibilities to the full. You have to be able to free them.”

“I've had my fill of media sensationalism and false promises.”

“Tottenham Hotspur is a great club with a strong tradition and fantastic support, both at home and throughout the world.”

“I'm not a guy who is able to criticise anyone in public but I am not a guy who promotes individuals in public.”

“My passion for football makes me live it very intensively over 11 months and dedicate myself to that, but I think life allows you to enjoy other things.”

“Coaching in England was a positive experience but also many negative things happened.”

“I'm very happy at Porto. It's the city I grew up in. It is my own club and I don't think it is easy to leave it.”

“Only by learning from experiences are you able to deal with them better the next time.”

“Pep was always an inspiration to me when I left Inter because of his methodology, and the way he plays such fantastic football.”

“I think if you don't have a style, it makes you invisible in football.”

“I am not arrogant. I would never ask the player to celebrate with me.”