Quotes from Manuel Pellegrini

I enjoy England and enjoy the Premier League.

In the Premier League, you can't play against anyone if you don't play at a high pace.

You need the desire to demonstrate the way you can play, which team you are.

I've never had a problem with pressure because I believe in my own ability.

To lead a group of players is to lead a group of people with different ways of thinking. You have to be prepared for that and know more than just about football. You have to speak a lot to the players, have to make them feel what you expect of them. Have to convince them. Therefore, it's very important for a coach to have a life outside football.

If you want to say I was a disaster of a player, then say it. But give me another disaster of a player who played almost 500 games across 14 years.

There can be very cheap players that play very well, and maybe, expensive players, they don't do so well.

The Bernabeu faithful doesn't want a similar style to Barca. They want a more direct style of football.

I've always liked technical, creative central midfielders with the capacity to score goals, such as David Silva, Samir Nasri, and Santi Cazorla.

Samir Nasri is a very technical player who always made the difference playing as a midfielder when he is fit.

Technical players make the game easy. They have a view of the pitch different from other players. They put the last pass for the strikers. They are the players that lose two or three balls in a year.

It would be very difficult to find a more complete player than Milner. There are players who are better technically. There are quicker players. There are players who head the ball better. But show me a player who does all the things that Milner does well, and there isn't one.

As for Kaka, he is a superstar... someone who can change the tempo of the game as well as the team.

To be the coach of Real Madrid is an honour, and every coach has pride in that. However, one is also subjected to a wide range of critiques - some just, but others not. But when the criticism deteriorates into insults, which has happened many times, I don't appreciate that.

First I was going to be a football player, then after that try to study medicine or engineering. But it was very difficult to do medicine, so I did engineering.

The best place for Cristiano is not out on the wings. The best for him is to play in every position.

It's very important for the mentality of the players to always try to be a winner, to try to win as many titles and games as you can.

When you manage a big team like River Plate or Madrid, they are used to winning titles. The people are happy, but they are used to it. When you have an achievement like I had in Villarreal, reaching the semi-final of the Champions League, finishing second in the league, it's more than winning a title. It's more.

Life is like a building: it is impossible for anyone to achieve anything without a strong foundation, and the family is the most important foundation you can have.

The pressure at Real Madrid is independent of the outcome of other teams and is always the highest.

I've always dreamed of managing Real Madrid.

I had no interest in continuing with Real Madrid in the way that we were working.

I do not think my career is over after being at Real Madrid.

I cannot tell everyone what they must say or what they must not say. Everyone is the owner of their own words.