A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, ‘With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.’

No matter how much money you earn, you can only eat three meals a day and sleep in one bed.

I believe one of the best things about managing people is that we can influence lives in a positive way. That’s basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I am very happy.

Sometimes you have to swallow the unswallowable.

In my job, you expect to suffer. That’s why when I go to hell one day, it will be less painful for me than you, because I’m used to suffering.

I’m not scared to spend money. If you go out with me one night, you will understand that.

It’s silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.

When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren’t the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation.

I am, of course, delighted but there was never any doubt about Sol staying.

In a competitive world, not everybody can follow the pace; you will leave people out. We now accept that we must take care of these people. You cannot let them die in the streets; people will not accept it. And that is right, too.

I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always.

Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know.

Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.

When I arrive at the gates of Heaven the Good Lord will ask ‘what did you do in your life?’ I will respond ‘I tried to win football matches.’ He will say: ‘Are you certain that’s all?’ But, well, that’s the story of my life.

If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all.

The communist model does not work economically, we all realised that, but the capitalist model in the modern world also looks to be unsustainable.

At a young age winning is not the most important thing… the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

When you represent a club it’s about values and qualities, not about passports.

Have Tottenham closed the gap on Arsenal?
Last time I checked they were still 4 miles and 11 titles away

I think in England you eat too much sugar and meat and not enough vegetables.

In some ways England is more liberal than France, but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you have to accept the ways of where you live. I have to respect that.

As a club, we have an educational purpose: to give back to those people who love Arsenal so that they learn moral values from our game and how we behave.

Of course, we also have the responsibility to win games and the difficulty in the job is to combine both.

Maintain that motivation to go from A to B and to keep your focus on that target without any weakening. That is called tenacity; stamina in your motivation.

People who work make the world live better and to reward these people well is normal. Yet they are not the people who are the wealthiest.

When you’re dealing with someone who only has a pair of underpants on, if you take his underpants off, he has nothing left – he’s naked. You’re better off trying to find him a pair of trousers to complement him rather than change him.

Work on your strong points because they are what made you.

Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players… they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.

He made the impossible possible.

You cannot say that you are happy when you don’t win.