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Quotes from Unai Emery

For me, whether we win or lose, every match is giving me a lot of information about how to improve.
~ Unai Emery
It was very risky and quite courageous to write a book about winning when I was still to win my first title. But for me, the one who possesses a winning mentality isn't necessarily the one who wins in the end but the one who wants to win the most.
~ Unai Emery
I want to say thank you Arsene Wenger for your legacy. For all the coaches in the world, he is a reference. We learned, I learned from him all the things in football.
~ Unai Emery
I'm not the kind of coach who says, 'Let's do a few piggy-in-the-middle exercises and go home for lunch.'
~ Unai Emery
When we are thinking in an attacking moment, I want the goalkeeper thinking, for that, he is the first. The same when we are thinking defensively - I want our strikers to be thinking, 'We need to protect the goalkeepers.' I want those two moments to feel the same for all players.
~ Unai Emery
I need to continue reading books, and I like to learn about different people in the world, different people with success in and outside of football.
~ Unai Emery
I was a second-division B player, and I've had to work very hard. I tell the players, 'The moment we stop working hard on this, as soon as we stop dedicating hours to this, we'll fall.'
~ Unai Emery
How do you develop? I think that's about battling for every title. That's something that is in Arsenal's history, and it's in my history as well. And I want that to continue.
~ Unai Emery
PSG signed me for my CV, for what I've achieved in the Europa League, how I've grown as a manager, and how I've made players grow. I'm essentially here because I have a winning record.
~ Unai Emery
Every player has their challenge to help the team. They all have a challenge individually and collectively to improve.
~ Unai Emery
A smile is better when you win.
~ Unai Emery
I need to learn to smile more.
~ Unai Emery
My first target is not to win: it's to develop young players with our work. That was my first idea when I started as a coach, because with this work come results.
~ Unai Emery
Arsenal is known and loved throughout the world for its style of play, its commitment to young players, the fantastic stadium, the way the club is run.
~ Unai Emery
The best success, for me, is not one trophy. It's not harmony. It's when players improve and grow.
~ Unai Emery
My dad always said you have to value and respect the responsibility you've been given. When I coach, I take that responsibility seriously because I know people have trusted in me, and there are thousands of supporters whose emotions are bound up in what we do.
~ Unai Emery
PSG has got a solid project. Neymar wants to improve and grow with the club.
~ Unai Emery
When I work with players, whether their level is higher or lower, for me the most important thing is to know the person, what is in their heart.
~ Unai Emery
Implication is a cumulative process that generates union in the team and mutual respect. Either we all work, or let's just burst the ball.
~ Unai Emery
I like to make a tour round the pitch before games to look at the architecture, the colours in the stadium, the sky, to feel the atmosphere growing.
~ Unai Emery
I have met Stan and Josh Kroenke, and it's clear they have great ambitions for the club and are committed to bringing future success. I'm excited about what we can do together, and I look forward to giving everyone who loves Arsenal some special moments and memories.
~ Unai Emery
When I'm asked to define football, I always talk about emotions, the heart, love. It's something you feel deep down inside when you enter a stadium, raise your eyes, and look at the stands, the fans coming in.
~ Unai Emery
You need confidence to play under pressure.
~ Unai Emery
I think, in football, you need to be competitive. You need quality. You need to be organised and to push.
~ Unai Emery