Zitat des Tages von Pep Guardiola:
I don't understand the lack of respect for amazing players when people say they are not good enough for me.
I proved myself in Barcelona, and after I proved myself in Germany, I wanted to prove myself in England.
Tactics are so important because everybody has to know what they have to do on the pitch. The relationships and behaviours off the pitch between team-mates have to be as good as possible.
We have to cut out some of our mistakes, but the main thing in English football is controlling the second ball. Without that, you cannot survive.
It is one of the best clubs in the world by far. I'm loving Manchester City.
When you are 10 points behind, you have to be focused just on the next game.
I understand and accept that for the people of Munich, only the treble will do.
When Klopp speaks about his football being heavy metal, I understand completely. It is so aggressive. For the fans, it is really good.
The players are coming to try every game, every weekend, so that the Manchester City people can be proud, and we will see what is our level to achieve our battles.
I want to feel the team is playing like I want. If not, why am I here?
We cannot change absolutely everything in one season.
Barcelona are special in the way they play. They're a machine.
I want to feel I can help the club to believe they are good, and I want to feel the fans knowing the team is good. Sometimes you don't believe that because in the past, you have not won as many titles like the other ones.
You hear all these people saying, 'Oh, Pep, what a good manager he is.' Forget about it. Cruyff was the best, by far.
The result is an empty thing. The result is I'm happy for the next two days because I get less criticism and more time to improve my team. But what satisfies me the most in my job is to feel emotions, the way we play.
All the managers in the world, it doesn't matter how good you are, if your players don't understand what you are looking for or what you want, it makes no sense.
I need time, but as soon as possible, we are going to try to create team spirit. That is the most important thing. After that, you can create tactics, but we have to create something special with ourselves.
We try to play football; don't forget it, right. My teams always in my career try to play football. I cannot control the other circumstances.
It doesn't mean my footballing ideas are special, different, better than the others. I am not saying it's my football, my ideas, and the other coaches are nothing. It's the way I believe. I'm not special.
In Barcelona, Bayern Munich, in Spain and Germany we were able to do it. But people say, 'You only did it because you were in Barcelona and Bayern Munich. You will not be able to do it in England.' So, let's do it. We are going to try.
Sometimes I was wrong about my players. Sometimes I want more and more from them; sometimes I am so demanding, but they showed me how good they are.
Manchester City has a really good academy, and they're winning titles at all ages.
I have a lot of respect for the careers of the players. They are with us, they are with me, and I treat them like professionals.
Maybe one day I will work in Italy. If they want me.
From my point of view, I always want to fight until the end of my last chance.
I think all managers have to be so demanding.
People always think the coach is the strongest person at a club, the boss, but in truth, he's the weakest link. We're there, vulnerable, undermined by those who don't play, by the media, by the fans. They all have the same objective: to undermine the manager.
I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to understand he is part of a team with 10 other players. If everyone wants to be a jazz musician, it will be chaos. They will not be a team, and nothing will be possible.
I am grateful to be here, and I will always be grateful for the opportunity Manchester City gave me.
I feel what I feel, and in the Premier League, there are some special things, but the pitch is the same. What I believe is good and will be good.
At the end of the day, it's my players play against their players, and the end of the day, that's what's important.
We all feel that hunger in football. With Cruyff, it was different. He deepened and changed the hunger so you became conscious of why you are getting better.
Will I be a success? I don't know.
Why am I here? Yes, to win titles, because then I will feel happy for the people. But the process is the reason why.
I enjoy every day in Manchester. I am confident we can make a step forward to make people proud of us.
Sometimes when you miss out on points, it is a pity, it is a shame, because we tried to do everything in the game.