Speak to me about football; the rest doesn't interest me. The rest doesn't help me in my job.

I'm not going to tell Messi how to live his life - or anyone else, for that matter.

I never really understood the game until I saw Cruyff's Barcelona play. The first time that happened it opened up a new world to me. I began to understand that football was a collective thing, and that association between players meant you could keep the ball the whole game.

I have always thought winning on its own is not enough. You have to have continuity in what you do. The things you do have to last.

Any footballer who understands space and time and positioning can become a better player because he knows how to receive the ball alone with time to play a pass or shoot.

I want my team to play well almost all of the time and have possession of the ball.

I only guarantee one thing when I take over a new club: that we play good football.

For many players the opportunity to be able to play with Messi represents a huge incentive.

It's true that you often have arguments with players as you do in everyday life and that's nothing new.

Real Madrid are a team who are a little anarchic.

Madrid's anarchy can make planning difficult: they're unpredictable. But if you can be defensively sound and use the ball well, making the most of the space they leave, you can do them damage.

Madrid's players are carried along by the football itself, what they feel in each moment; they're not guided by tactical rigor or a specific structure.

I love to watch and have great footballers and if I can watch Neymar every day, just imagine.

I didn't think Barca could go for me, I have no honors, I don't have a great CV.

I have this philosophy of play that I love and my teams play well.

We all have to sacrifice a part of ourselves, including the players, for the good of the team.

I listen to everyone but I have my ideas... you know my ideas, my way of playing, and if I have to die by them I will.

I think the best way to victory is to play well.

You will see that I am a direct and sincere person, I don't beat around the bush and I will address something if I see it.

I have seen some great players doing wonderful things, but being so decisive for so long over 12 or 14 years as a professional, I think no player, maybe only Pele in his time, has shown that level. He shows it in every game. I don't know how many hat-tricks he's had.

I am a person with clear convictions.

I listen to everyone but I am the first to defend what I believe.

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.

In moments of frustration one may not have refined comments.

Regarding the VAR, it is a tool that can undoubtedly make us better. You have to use it because it gives us a clearer view of reality when you have to make quick decisions.

If I win playing badly, I will not go home happy and I will never tell the players that the result was worth it.

I will try to avoid anything that distracts me from the job or takes away my energy.

I will always try to make my team play well because that way we are more likely to win.

Pressure is not imposed on me by the club, I impose it on myself.

I've come from the bottom, I've got used to working with what I have.

Having the ball makes you a football player, not running after it.

I don't exhaust myself by reading or listening to the noise around me.

I understand that it is very difficult for Barca and Madrid to win everything until the end.

I take into account the importance and the hierarchy of each player, but in a club like Barca with so many players... I know that some are going to get angry because not all are fit and it is a decision that I must take responsibility for, and that is what I do.

Playing without a crowd is a disadvantage.

Everything can happen in soccer. We have seen inexplicable things.

I have no problem with people expressing their opinion as long as it is with respect.

There are many variables in each game that make each one different.

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.

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.

I want my tombstone to say that I won the Champions League with Barca.

You read things in the papers but I never really expected Barcelona to choose me. It all happened in a hurry.

If there is something I don't like, I will say so.

Las Palmas, Lugo, Betis... if you followed them, you know we had an identity. You saw it, we played good football.

I have convictions: once an idea's in my head, it's very hard to get it out.

Hard work is the most important. Conviction also, but real hard work.

It is not easy to change things in a footballer that other coaches told him were very good.

What hurts me, and always had done, is picking teams and having to leave players out.

I like to have fewer players. That way, everyone is plugged into what you're doing. There is a risk attached to that sometimes but it's good to have a smaller squad. People have more chance of playing; they're ready and more motivated. Having 18 real players is better than having 25 or 26 not playing.

I always tell the players that we have to expect the best version of our opposition.