I do not listen to criticism or flattery, one weakens you and the other angers you.

I think talk is cheap - when I hear people say what they'd like to happen, I think it's empty.

Liga MX is a great environment, the fans are very enthusiastic.

It's not enough to just have talent at Atletico Madrid. At other clubs it is, but we can't sign superstars and have to look for players with a good work ethic.

Winning is always beautiful.

The characteristics of people according to their star sign are similar, and we pay attention to how we can get the best out of them.

As a coach you need to choose the characteristics your players can contribute. I don't think it's a good thing for a coach to analyse his team by looking for something he sees in other teams. He has to pay close attention to the characteristics his team have, and make the most of those.

There are those who discredit a style or a way of playing and those who accept all the different styles.

Finding myself in a final with Atletico makes me happy. Why? Because I know the feelings of all the people at the club - because I know how the players feel. They need to see their team as champions, so we have more fans every day.

Those who manage to keep the offensive and defensive balance are more successful. We search for balance in order to keep a stable level, which is the most difficult thing to do.

In La Liga you are awarded for consistency.

Every footballer has their own identity. A Uruguayan player is different to a Spanish player. A Portuguese player may be similar to a Spanish one, but not the same - and so on.

It's not easy to play for Atletico. Talent is not enough, the bar is very high.

Griezmann is an extraordinary player who adapts to all the needs of the team.

Whenever a fellow coach is sacked it is not good for any of us - it hurts. You just have to accept it because it is part of the game.

You have to live in the present.

A final is a final, and is motivation in itself.

As a player, you can be more spontaneous and instinctive, but now as a coach I have to find a psychological balance within the team.

I think there is an idea, a unique essence to every club.

There is no such thing as revenge in football, or in life for that matter, just new opportunities.

When the opposition team sense that there is fear, they take advantage without mercy.

I'm a believer that emotions can move mountains, that spirit alone can trump budgets.

Football is marvellous and there are countless ways to play and to win.

Fans can't score a goal but they have energy.

Defeats are always tough, whatever you have lost, and they affect me the same way they affect anyone who loses a match - no more or less.

Motivation should come from within each player; if not, it's difficult to get results.

Football is wonderful because no one is right: there's no absolute truth.

Catania was a real learning curve. I grew amid difficulties. In terms of courage and ideas, a lot about my Atleti comes from Italy.

I was 27 or 28 years old when I really decided I would become a manager. I would go home from training at Lazio, grab a folder and pretend I was taking a training session. You know the way kids imagine things, when they are playing? I would do the same as an adult, playing at being a manager.

As a coach, the greatest passion you can have is for improving players.

Of course, becoming champions is something we all want, but I think that the best 'championship' for a manager is to see players like Koke, Lucas Hernandez, Angel Correa - lads who have come up from all the way down in the lower divisions - become professionals of a high standard.

If there is one thing I am, it is very hard-headed. If I want something, I go after it - and I go after it ad nauseum.

It's difficult to get ready to face a player like Cristiano Ronaldo. He's a goal animal.

A coach I admire? Jurgen Klopp. No doubt.

It is always good and important that the strikers score.

Football is like boxing because you have to know when it is time to attack.

We play to win, with the arms that we have.

I'm very happy in charge at Atletico. The squad give me commitment, talent and style.

Football is everything, mind, heart, talent.

The only improvement I know in football is through work, it is the only way for the team to grow.

Football is like hunting. One second can change it all, but it's not just any second, it's a flash. The prey is there and suddenly then it's not. In an instant it's over - you won't have the chance again. You need to know which one precise second to train for, and to understand that moment.

I relate football with boxing, with a street fight. In both cases there is always one moment, a second, in which someone shows fear in their eyes, in their body. In football it's exactly the same.

Maybe the key aspect of imposing fear to the opposition is to make them understand that we have no fear.

Geminis are aggressive, changeable, intense.

I like brave people.

Busquets reads everything. Players like Busquets or Xabi Alonso in midfield have the capacity to read the whole game.

Heart can cancel out budget.

I would never close the door on any job because I like to work, I like football.

I would never close the door on coaching in Mexico.

Football is not just in Europe, there is football all over the world so I am always open to the idea of managing anywhere in the world.