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I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

Any strengthening of the squad, in a League and Champions League which demands so much, is a good thing because you need many top quality players.

I want to improve as a football player, but even more importantly, I really want to improve as a person.

I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.

With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.

Every season is a new challenge to me, and I always set out to improve in terms of games, goals, assists.

Sometimes they are big hurdles, but good players can overcome them. I am trying to do my best.

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?