Nuno Espirito Santo

“If you love your job the way I do and the way we do as a team and what we want to achieve, you have to love every aspect of it.”

“People say that the most difficult part is scoring the goal. But what I have to do is get the player there. If you focus on the goal instead of the how, then suddenly the chances start to decrease.”

“When you try to build an identity based on one idea, the easy part is to stick with the good things that you do.”

“Football is a passionate game, and the emotions are intense. As long you respect the people around you, I don't see any problem with that.”

“I will not ever change my principles. I will not do it. We have a 'how.' This is the most important thing we have - the 'how' we do things. Our style, our ideas, our principles with our mistakes that we have to correct.”

“When you win, you want to repeat it.”

“Principe is paradise.”

“All I do is challenge the players to push themselves to their limit.”

“Every team and club has its own personal goals and objectives, and I'm only concerned about mine.”

“We will never play for a draw, as it doesn't make sense. Come on, you make a 0-0 plan, you get one goal after five minutes, and it's finished. The players look and say, 'Now what?'”

“To be called up to the national team is what you want.”

“I am not obsessed about making an impression on the Premier League.”

“I have this absurd feeling that I can win every game with any team.”

“I want to build a team who can play home and away the same.”

“We must believe we can score in every moment - at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the game.”

“How are you supposed to communicate on the pitch when you don't off it?”

“One of the things that is most difficult for a manager is reversing bad results and keeping going.”

“Knowing that the teams in front of us are sometimes better than you, you have to recognise that and be humble. It's part of the game.”

“I bought some land in Portugal, on the highest hill in Guimaraes, because I pictured that I wanted to build my house there. I said, 'What a perfect place this would be,' but I forgot to ask the council if I could build a house there. When I did, they said, 'No!'”

“The first introduction I had with English football was in the FA Cup in the early '80s.”