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“I think all the players need coaching; if you do not push the player, they are going to be too comfortable. Always, you need to push.”
“After games, my wife gives me a lot of advice and criticism. Sometimes, I am upset. I say, 'Why do you advise me this?' But I like it, because to listen to a different point of view is always important. You can find a different position or point of view that can help you to be more creative.”
“I work with young people, and I know that we must be careful. Newspaper headlines, sudden notoriety, and important comparisons can lead to confusion.”
“For me, what it means to be competitive is to work hard but compete in this type of game when you need to play, you need to suffer, you need to fight.”
“I am a person who is always positive.”
“I am not the victim, and I won't be the victim in football or life.”
“Always it is important to improve.”
“The chairman is the man who manages everything and, in the end, takes all the decisions. Always, for the fans, it's important to hear him.”
“If you are 25, 30, 35, you need to think you can learn every day. If not, you are going to go backwards, and of course you are going to fail, and you begin to see the end of your career.”
“When I stopped playing football, I stopped my relationship with my agent. I always had one agent.”
“When you concede in less than two minutes, it changes completely everything.”
“Always, you miss all the players when they are injured.”
“A lot can happen in football.”
“The platform that we have created here in Tottenham is the most important, the platform we created between all the coaching staff - in the academy and the first team. The platform we created is more important than one person.”
“When you talk about Beckham, he's a massive world icon.”
“All negative things you can turn positive, and for me, that is key.”
“We have short memories in football.”
“The fact is I have an interpreter because he gives me the security that, when I have to answer complex questions, and with my complex answers, it's much better I have an interpreter to make sure nothing is misconstrued.”
“If my ambition in Tottenham is only to win the Carabao Cup or FA Cup, with all the respect for that, I think my ambition does not match the ambition of a club like Tottenham.”