”In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward.”
— Pep Guardiola
"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
”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
”If there isn’t a sequence of 15 previous passes, a good transition between attack and defence is impossible. Impossible.”
— Pep Guardiola
"If you train badly, you play badly. If you work like a beast in training, you play the same way."
— Pep Guardiola
"I will forgive if the players cannot get it right, but not if they do not try hard."
— Pep Guardiola
"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
"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
"There is no defence that can stop Messi. It is impossible."
— Pep Guardiola