There are footballers who are very good playing on the outside but don’t know what to do inside. Then there are players who are very good inside but don’t have the physique, the legs, to go outside. – Pep Guardiola
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. – Pep Guardiola
People say, ‘Pep won in Barca, but it was boring,’ or, ‘Pep won in Bayern, but it was boring.’ I understand that. But games won, goals scored, goals conceded, titles… sorry, guys, it was good! – Pep Guardiola
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. – Pep Guardiola
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. – Pep Guardiola
I try to be positive. I speak to my players about how we have to play, respect the rules. What I have done is always be positive. – Pep Guardiola
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. – Pep Guardiola
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. – Pep Guardiola
For my experience, my family. I will always be grateful for the people who brought me here. – Pep Guardiola
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. – Pep Guardiola
Why am I here? Yes, to win titles, because then I will feel happy for the people. But the process is the reason why. – Pep Guardiola
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. – Pep Guardiola
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. – Pep Guardiola
It’s natural for players to be relaxed, so you have to be there to say, ‘You have to do it again and again and again.’ – Pep Guardiola
I try to play in one way all my career and here, with high pressing, but it is different in England. Many times the ball is more in the air than the grass, and I have to adapt. – Pep Guardiola
If you want to win, you have to beat the big teams in Europe, and Juventus are awesome. – Pep Guardiola