Pep Guardiola

football excuses grow

”In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward.”

— Pep Guardiola

coach strongest person undermine manager

"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.”

— Pep Guardiola

footballers people fear worry fool team

”I am not dealing with footballers, I am dealing with people. They have fears and worry about failing and making fools of themselves in front of 80,000 people. I have to make them see that without each other they are nothing.”

— Pep Guardiola

sequence 15 passes transition defence attack impossible

”If there isn’t a sequence of 15 previous passes, a good transition between attack and defence is impossible. Impossible.”

— Pep Guardiola

train badly play beast training

"If you train badly, you play badly. If you work like a beast in training, you play the same way."

— Pep Guardiola

forgive player mistake try hard

"I will forgive if the players cannot get it right, but not if they do not try hard."

— Pep Guardiola

Iniesta dye hair earrings tattoo unattractive media best

"Iniesta doesn't dye his hair, he doesn't wear earrings and he hasn't got any tattoos. Maybe that makes him unattractive to the media but he is the best."

— Pep Guardiola

honor coach best player Messi

"It has been an honour to be the coach of the best player (Messi) I have ever seen and probably the best I will see."

— Pep Guardiola

defence stop messi impossible

"There is no defence that can stop Messi. It is impossible."

— Pep Guardiola