I like English football; it's a very important league. I like the crowds in England, too - they are noisy and create a special ambience.

When I started to be a coach, I expected a lot - maybe too much - in terms of physical approach, tactics, and technique. There was too little emphasis on human relationships.

I'm not obsessed by football.

When you are in the biggest clubs, and you are fighting for the best players with a lot of money, maybe the work of a sporting director is not so difficult.

For me, the youth academy has a fundamental role in every club.

Samir Nasri is a very technical player who always made the difference playing as a midfielder when he is fit.

I cannot tell everyone what they must say or what they must not say. Everyone is the owner of their own words.

I think that every player in every team must have an ambitious mind.

I am very lucky to have a wife who supports me, but the absence from my children was difficult from the moment I took a very difficult decision to have a career which requires so much dedication and focus, just like raising children.

We can all get better. We all have to think about how to improve ourselves, no matter how good we are.

As a manager, I won eight trophies in Chile, Ecuador, and Argentina.

When I made the transition from player to coach, I evaluated myself and saw that I needed to improve my personality. I would fight with players - literally. I was 35, and you can't be like that; you have young players to guide. You have to transmit calm.

Any coach who's managed a big club in Argentina can manage anywhere.

In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.

What I don't want to be is the most important person of the club. If we win a game, it was the players who played very well.

You will never run more than the ball. The players that don't lose the ball are the most important in the team, and good players decide the game.

There are lots of different ways to play football; I choose one in my career. I believe in that one.

First, as an owner of the club, you must choose a style of football. After that, you must find the managers that will work with the young players in your team in that style. After that, you must put a manager in the squad with the same mentality.

The most difficult thing is football is to give the ball to a player that has the same colour shirt.

My first experience out of my country was Ecuador. That was a very good option for me. To know how you can develop your coaching style or your personality being away and being alone, that is not easy.

I am very self-critical about what I do. Always.

First I was going to be a football player, then after that try to study medicine or engineering. But it was very difficult to do medicine, so I did engineering.

I went to Villarreal for 30% less than I could have earned in Mexico.

I am sure that the important managers always want to work here in the Premier League.

You always depend on what the owners think of the job you are doing.

I enjoy England and enjoy the Premier League.

I enjoy working, and I enjoy working every day - and it is for that reason that I don't so much like the idea of working with an international squad. To have every day on the pitch is important to me.

I had no interest in continuing with Real Madrid in the way that we were working.

I like new experiences. It's one of the reasons I went to China.

It's not my duty to respond to what Mourinho says. I don't know the way he thinks.

We cannot try to play in a manner that does not correspond to our players' characteristics.

The best place for Cristiano is not out on the wings. The best for him is to play in every position.

The Bernabeu faithful doesn't want a similar style to Barca. They want a more direct style of football.

The idea of developing football and winning trophies at Real Madrid does not fall in line with how I see football.

The pressure at Real Madrid is independent of the outcome of other teams and is always the highest.

When you win something, if you don't have that mentality that comes from a tradition of always winning, the built-in demands of a big club, there's always a small dip.

It is impossible for you to be remembered as a great team if you do not win the Champions League.

I think that, as a manager and as a player, you must always be motivated.

It's very important for the mentality of the players to always try to be a winner, to try to win as many titles and games as you can.

Always at Goodison Park, Everton is a very good team.

Cristiano's strength always gives the team a boost in every way.

I always give a lot of importance to the cups.

I do not think my career is over after being at Real Madrid.

I've always said that I love the Spanish league.

When you need to renew your contract, you must demonstrate why they are renewing your contract.

If you give time and space to players, they will make good decisions and score goals.

In the Premier League, you can't play against anyone if you don't play at a high pace.

If you want to say I was a disaster of a player, then say it. But give me another disaster of a player who played almost 500 games across 14 years.

English football gives other leagues an advantage. There are some traditions you can't change, I realise that. Boxing Day is non-negotiable. But you can't play nine games in December and nine in January. You have to stop at some point.

It would be very difficult to find a more complete player than Milner. There are players who are better technically. There are quicker players. There are players who head the ball better. But show me a player who does all the things that Milner does well, and there isn't one.