A biography for Quique Setienhasn’t been written yet.
“I am a person with clear convictions.”
“Yesterday I was walking past cows in my village and today I am at Barca, coaching the best players in the world. This is the pinnacle for me.”
“Pressure is not imposed on me by the club, I impose it on myself.”
“I have this philosophy of play that I love and my teams play well.”
“There are many variables in each game that make each one different.”
“Las Palmas, Lugo, Betis... if you followed them, you know we had an identity. You saw it, we played good football.”
“Every player has what they have but some outperform themselves. It's about learning and expanding your abilities and becoming even better still.”
“All I'm interested in is giving my players the tools they need to win.”
“If Messi didn't have it clearly in his head that Barcelona have a winning project, maybe he would go, but Barcelona are always looking to have a winning project.”
“If there is something I don't like, I will say so.”
“I would've coached Barcelona for free. Well, maybe not for free, but in almost any circumstance.”
“There are coaches who put more or less players in front of the ball; when you put lots of players ahead of the ball, the risk is magnified. There are coaches that won't contemplate that. I respect that.”
“VAR is a tool we have that can make us better. But we must use it and have a clearer vision of reality.”
“In these fixtures, the past is forgotten. What is rewarded is the present. This is a Clasico: two teams that will be at 100 percent regardless of the situation.”
“Hard work is the most important. Conviction also, but real hard work.”
“I always tell the players that we have to expect the best version of our opposition.”
“I want my team to play well almost all of the time and have possession of the ball.”
“Everything can happen in soccer. We have seen inexplicable things.”
“Of course I have dreamed about that - and about showing off the Champions League trophy to the cows back in Liencres.”
“I have convictions: once an idea's in my head, it's very hard to get it out.”