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.

VAR is a tool we have that can make us better. But we must use it and have a clearer vision of reality.

Days before Barcelona called me, I was about to leave to coach in Egypt.

When you come to a new team there's always uncertainty about how they're going to respond.

If a player is receptive and really wants to learn and improve, you might be surprised what they are capable of doing.

Every player has what they have but some outperform themselves. It's about learning and expanding your abilities and becoming even better still.

Sometimes players aren't playing where they feel or play best, but they must put their all into what's best for the team.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.

I'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But you have to make sure that your children will know that daddy makes mistakes.

People can say whatever they want about you without knowing the facts. They can criticize you without even knowing you, and hate you when they don't even know you. All of a sudden, you're, like, the bin Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through.

When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club - we hooped together in Chicago - he came to me and asked me if I wanted to do a song for his upcoming movie. I was like, 'Yeah!' I didn't even ask what it was.

I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.

I gave a Christmas party last year - well, two Christmases ago - where I did a Sam Cooke show. I didn't perform as R. Kelly. I performed the Sam Cooke show from 1964, when he performed at the Copacabana.

In life, you have people that love to party. That's me. People that love God. That's me. People that love sex. That's me. People that love people. That's me. And people that make mistakes. That's me also.

All the sounds on 'Trapped in the Closet' - the knockin' on the door, when I grab the keys, when I walk down the stairs, the car horns - we sampled all of those things around my house.

They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.

'Trapped in the Closet' is pretty much forever. I've got a leash on this thing now. I'm going to walk it.

When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join.

Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap.

I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.

When I first came in the business, I had a couple of close calls on planes going to London for shows. There was one time where the plane had to fly around until a storm ended, and then we started having a question about fuel, so we had to go through the storm. It was the worst thing that ever happened in my life. That really messed me up.