A biography for Manuel Pellegrinihasn’t been written yet.
“From a personal perspective, I try never to go back to a club where I have already coached.”
“If you want to say I was a disaster of a player, then say it. But give me another disaster of a player who played almost 500 games across 14 years.”
“A lot of young players relax a bit when they reach the first-team, thinking they have reached the finish line, but really, it's just the beginning.”
“I think that every player in every team must have an ambitious mind.”
“It is never a problem to have good players on the bench.”
“I think football must be attractive for fans, and that means scoring goals.”
“There can be very cheap players that play very well, and maybe, expensive players, they don't do so well.”
“I think that, as a manager and as a player, you must always be motivated.”
“It would be very difficult to find a more complete player than Milner. There are players who are better technically. There are quicker players. There are players who head the ball better. But show me a player who does all the things that Milner does well, and there isn't one.”
“When I made the transition from player to coach, I evaluated myself and saw that I needed to improve my personality. I would fight with players - literally. I was 35, and you can't be like that; you have young players to guide. You have to transmit calm.”
“I always speak with all the players during the week before every game we play, because it's important for them to know what I think and for me to see how they are before the game.”
“This hunger of triumph is fundamental in order to get results.”
“For some players, it is a dream to play at Madrid.”
“I am very self-critical about what I do. Always.”
“English football gives other leagues an advantage. There are some traditions you can't change, I realise that. Boxing Day is non-negotiable. But you can't play nine games in December and nine in January. You have to stop at some point.”
“When you don't have any worries, it is better, but things happen in football, and we know we must try to resolve as soon as we can.”
“I will never play to just score one goal, then run behind the ball.”
“When you are 21 years old, and you work as a good professional, you must improve.”
“You will never run more than the ball. The players that don't lose the ball are the most important in the team, and good players decide the game.”
“What I don't want to be is the most important person of the club. If we win a game, it was the players who played very well.”