Quotes from Rafael Benitez

I've worked with so many teams, so many dressing rooms.

Whenever you lose, it's always bad, and especially against Barcelona.

When you make a mistake, and the team is not doing well in defence, then the centre-backs and the 'keeper suffer more than the others.

I don't always sleep for too long, but I sleep well. Sometimes when you have a doubt about team selection, you talk to your pillow, but in the morning, you have an idea.

I would like to thank all Neapolitan fans for the affection and warmth that I have felt.

As a manager, I have to keep calm.

The Champions League is the most important, but I love the Liga and the Copa.

You go to Madrid, you have four or five teams at the maximum level. You go to Milan, and it's the same. Napoli is similar to Newcastle in terms of everyone supporting one club in the city. It's positive and unique when you have that.

Having the family around is always very important because they are supportive. If you have a good day, you can enjoy it together. And if you have a bad day, you always find something as a distraction with your children, because they are normally happy.

If the owner wants to support the team, that's okay. If the owner can be on the pitch and score a couple of goals, it would be better!

For me, there is only one club in England, and that's Liverpool.

There are many coaches who talk about referees every day.

I am a professional that likes to concentrate on my job during the games.

There are good players in Europe and all the way around the world, but better than Torres - no. I would not want to swap Fernando with anyone else in the world, because he is my player, and I'm very pleased with him.

I have always had sympathy for Atletico Madrid because, among other things, I have friends there, and my father always liked Atletico.

It is always difficult, but when you have been a manager for a while with different teams, sometimes you were only playing once a week, trying to avoid relegation. When you have experience, you know all about the different feelings. Clearly, I would prefer to be fighting for the title or for the Champions League, but you must accept the situation.

When you play against a top side, you know they will have more possession, and they will be in more control, and you have to find one or two counterattacks.

I have said many times that I am convinced that Benzema is a great striker, and I think he has demonstrated that.

I am consistent rather than courageous.

To win the UEFA Cup with Valencia changed my life. It changed everything.

Sometimes you have to praise players.

The difference between the Premier League and the other leagues is the intensity of the games.

Does the manager have absolute power in England? No, it depends on a budget and on the executive director that negotiates the signings of players.

Everyone has to have the same targets, and the fans are very important for every team, for the motivation of the players. It's the same in every club.