Tite

“I want to be the best version of me, I want to improve, to give opportunities through my work.”

“The biggest meaning and the most important thing is not to give opportunities to give the opponent an idea about how we are going to play.”

“In the 1958 World Cup final, Sweden scored against Brazil and Didi went to the back of the net and talked to all the players. And he was not the captain, but he behaved like one. Every player has to behave as if he was captain.”

“I've learned that leadership requires a number of qualities. It's behavioural, tactical, technical, about communication... everyone has these to varying degrees. I try to encourage players to show theirs.”

“Anybody who wants to compare Pele to any other athlete... do you know what I do? I hear but I don't listen.”

“As time goes by, people grow and mature.”

“All the players have this responsibility of playing for the collective and also being individuals with some specific characteristics.”

“The coach is a human being and does not demand miracles from human beings. He has the humility to understand that there are other people with different ideas to his own, but he does not have to use those words.”

“I do not even know the limit of Neymar. His technical and creative ability is impressive. When we release him in the last third of the field, he's lethal.”

“A team has to be prepared for the various situations in the game.”

“Having recognition is not a sin, growing up is no sin, be star is not a sin, have technical skills is not a sin. To evolve in what is wrong is also a process of maturing.”

“If Brazil depends only on Neymar there will be a problem with Brazil, not with Neymar.”

“Having been at big clubs, when you sometimes don't produce, then don't expect the fans to understand. They will boo.”

“A football match should never be settled with the horror of penalties. I don't see that as a valid result. For me, there has to be another way.”

“I try to challenge the players. If they have reached a standard I challenge them to grow even more because you never know.”

“A manager's story, like the story of a player, is unpredictable.”

“In an individual sport you can always plan your ideal peak, but in a team sport the experience of playing in the qualifiers makes you stronger as a unit.”

“I just make sure to prepare myself for everything day-by-day.”

“Cristiano is direct and forceful, and has this fascination with goals.”

“My job is to prepare the squad.”