Quotes from Quique Setien

We all have to sacrifice a part of ourselves, including the players, for the good of the team.

You read things in the papers but I never really expected Barcelona to choose me. It all happened in a hurry.

If you play badly and lose, you're left with nothing. If you lose but play well, you still have something. You have something to build on.

Days before Barcelona called me, I was about to leave to coach in Egypt.

I've watched Barcelona all my life.

What hurts me, and always had done, is picking teams and having to leave players out.

What I feel for the ball, what I enjoy, as a player and now as a coach, the satisfaction I feel when I see great players, is the same as in the school playground: seeing moves build, seeing understanding, passes flow, seeing it all fit together. That's what I admire and ultimately, that's what you learn at school.

I would've coached Barcelona for free. Well, maybe not for free, but in almost any circumstance.

I want my team to play well almost all of the time and have possession of the ball.

I have always thought winning on its own is not enough. You have to have continuity in what you do. The things you do have to last.

Hard work is the most important. Conviction also, but real hard work.

I have convictions: once an idea's in my head, it's very hard to get it out.

I am a person with clear convictions.

Madrid's players are carried along by the football itself, what they feel in each moment; they're not guided by tactical rigor or a specific structure.

I listen to everyone but I am the first to defend what I believe.

I don't rule out 3-4-3 or other formations depending on the game.

Playing without a crowd is a disadvantage.

I told Cruyff I'd have given my little finger to have played for his team, but not just to play at Barcelona but for how they played, because I saw how the players enjoyed themselves.

Las Palmas, Lugo, Betis... if you followed them, you know we had an identity. You saw it, we played good football.

Having the ball makes you a football player, not running after it.

It is not easy to change things in a footballer that other coaches told him were very good.

I love to watch and have great footballers and if I can watch Neymar every day, just imagine.

Real Madrid are a team who are a little anarchic.

I only guarantee one thing when I take over a new club: that we play good football.