Quotes from Carlos Carvalhal

I don't like confrontation. I don't care about it. If someone tries it with me, they will be talking to themselves because I don't listen.

I believe in myself, I believe in my players. My target is to try to get them to believe in themselves and believe in their colleagues. These are the things that we must do.

I knew Portuguese football and I knew that Rio Ave was a medium-sized club but I also knew they are organised off the pitch. We felt that we could achieve something special playing in a different way.

I had a plan. I played football professionally but I also studied at university.

I remember Simple Minds, Echo and the Bunnymen, Nina Hagen, Elvis Costello and Duran Duran. And the best concert I ever saw was the Rolling Stones, in the stadium of Sporting Lisbon.

When you go to the play-offs one time, it can be a lot of things - that we have a good group of players, you can be a little lucky, you can have momentum.

When we go to the opera, we put the clothes on we know we must wear for there.

When you have a lot of stress around your team the best thing is to try and put a smile on their faces.

When I arrive people don't know me very well, but it's about the work we do and the way the team play.