Quotes from Nuno Espirito Santo

We must believe we can score in every moment - at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the game.

Principe is paradise.

Football is a passionate game, and the emotions are intense. As long you respect the people around you, I don't see any problem with that.

Time is always important; sometimes time doesn't always go along with patience. It is always important. You have to deal with it. It's part of football. Every decision is judged.

Of course you learn a lot as a player when you pay attention to managers when they speak to you.

Every team and club has its own personal goals and objectives, and I'm only concerned about mine.

How are you supposed to communicate on the pitch when you don't off it?

All coaches say, 'We want to control the game. We want the ball. Blah, blah, blah, blah,' but it's impossible to have the ball all the time.

I learned a lot from the coaches I played for.

Sometimes a polemic tweeter is more important than a normal view.

I bought some land in Portugal, on the highest hill in Guimaraes, because I pictured that I wanted to build my house there. I said, 'What a perfect place this would be,' but I forgot to ask the council if I could build a house there. When I did, they said, 'No!'

Life is continually changing. This is what makes people better.

When you sign a contract, you must respect that.

What sells more, criticism or compliments? What do people like more? They enjoy blood.

I love watching the Premier League.

I am not obsessed about making an impression on the Premier League.

People say that the most difficult part is scoring the goal. But what I have to do is get the player there. If you focus on the goal instead of the how, then suddenly the chances start to decrease.

I will not ever change my principles. I will not do it. We have a 'how.' This is the most important thing we have - the 'how' we do things. Our style, our ideas, our principles with our mistakes that we have to correct.

I try to distract with other things, but in my mind, it is always the game, especially the team, the shape, my players, what can I do, what is tomorrow, what can I give to them to improve them.

In Portugal, seeing a black cat is a bad sign; it's bad luck. But they tell me if it crosses from left to right, it's good luck. But I don't like black cats!

At Porto, under Jose Mourinho, we won everything with a fantastic group of football players. Mourinho built that. He made us succeed, won everything. This has a big impact.

You cannot have a situation where you think that if you want to attack, then you play this formation, and if you want to defend, then you play this formation.

I truly believe you have to take things as they come, win or lose, and keep believing in how you want to do things and how you want to play.

I was a goalkeeper, but through my career, I spent almost as much time sitting on the bench as I did playing.