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We try to recruit good players and good people.

There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.

I want players who are always striving to improve.

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

I'm not a great player, but I'm a damn good one.

All players rolled into one: from defensive midfielder to attacking midfielder to attacker. I want to take the qualities from everyone. I'd like to get to the level where I have everything: Vieira, Deschamps, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Henry, Ronaldo. It wouldn't be bad, that.

The most important thing is that you hire people who complement you and are better than you in specific areas. Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players.

I am nothing without the players.

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

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.