Why am I here? Yes, to win titles, because then I will feel happy for the people. But the process is the reason why.
— Pep Guardiola
People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.
When you train a massive club or little third division outfit, when you go out to play football in any situation, it is always about winning.
The reason we are here is thinking, 'What can we do to make this club a better club?' I don't want the guys to think about what the club can do for them.
If I believed in it, and it wasn't productive for the team, I wouldn't do it.
I won't be training at 60 years old, because I want to do something else in my life.
It's natural for players to be relaxed, so you have to be there to say, 'You have to do it again and again and again.'
All the managers in the world, it doesn't matter how good you are, if your players don't understand what you are looking for or what you want, it makes no sense.
Manchester City has a really good academy, and they're winning titles at all ages.
When you're out on the touchline, like a winger, it is easier to play. You see everything: the mess, the crowd, the activity is all inside. When you play inside, you don't see anything in there because so much is happening in such a small space and all around you.
People usually think that it is the coach who has to raise the spirits of his players; that it is the coach who has to convince his footballers; that it is his job to take the lead all the time. But that's not always the case.
I won 21 titles in seven years: three titles per year playing in this way. I'm sorry, guys. I'm not going to change.
The Premier League is so difficult.
Creating something new is the difficult part. To make it and build it and get everyone to follow? Amazing.
I will not be on the bench until I am 60 or 65 years old.
I am so happy when I feel emotion about the way my team plays.
I am here just to learn, to improve, to help my team improve.
I want to feel the team is playing like I want. If not, why am I here?
The fans can accept a poor performance, but they won't take it when you choose not to put in the effort.
The players are coming to try every game, every weekend, so that the Manchester City people can be proud, and we will see what is our level to achieve our battles.
I need time, but as soon as possible, we are going to try to create team spirit. That is the most important thing. After that, you can create tactics, but we have to create something special with ourselves.
I want to win. I want to play serious. I want to be effective.
Sometimes I was wrong about my players. Sometimes I want more and more from them; sometimes I am so demanding, but they showed me how good they are.
People say you must be pragmatic, more clinical. More pragmatic than me? I'm sorry.
People say, 'Pep won in Barca, but it was boring,' or, 'Pep won in Bayern, but it was boring.' I understand that. But games won, goals scored, goals conceded, titles... sorry, guys, it was good!
I would like to involve and love to work with young players.
There are footballers who are very good playing on the outside but don't know what to do inside. Then there are players who are very good inside but don't have the physique, the legs, to go outside.
We cannot change absolutely everything in one season.
I am not a coach for the tackles, so I do not train them.
We all feel that hunger in football. With Cruyff, it was different. He deepened and changed the hunger so you became conscious of why you are getting better.
You hear all these people saying, 'Oh, Pep, what a good manager he is.' Forget about it. Cruyff was the best, by far.
Tactics are so important because everybody has to know what they have to do on the pitch. The relationships and behaviours off the pitch between team-mates have to be as good as possible.
The result is an empty thing. The result is I'm happy for the next two days because I get less criticism and more time to improve my team. But what satisfies me the most in my job is to feel emotions, the way we play.
As time goes by, people get to know you better. They pose problems for you, and you have to come up with solutions.
People want to be entertained. They don't want to be cheated.
I proved myself in Barcelona, and after I proved myself in Germany, I wanted to prove myself in England.
I know the people expect the best - good. The people expect we'll play fantastic football and win games - good. I can't control that. I accept that, and I just focus on my players in the games.
I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball.
I think all managers have to be so demanding.
The people say I have to change? Well, the people have to tell me what I should do to change.
The most difficult thing in football is to score a goal.
I don't think in the big clubs in Europe you can find three strikers with an average age of 20.
People always think the coach is the strongest person at a club, the boss, but in truth, he's the weakest link. We're there, vulnerable, undermined by those who don't play, by the media, by the fans. They all have the same objective: to undermine the manager.
Let us fight until the end. Let me try at least that - fight.
I'm sorry, but until my last day as a coach, I will try to play from my goalkeeper.
This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team, he was an incredible protector. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He was a master at handling players. He knew when you needed to be pushed or protected.
I have to understand the rules here in England.
All the managers in the world are here to win games.
We try to play football; don't forget it, right. My teams always in my career try to play football. I cannot control the other circumstances.
