Top 102 Quotes & Sayings by Mauricio Pochettino
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Argentinian athlete Mauricio Pochettino.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
When you are young, you need to know the reality because when you are in your bubble, you believe that, always, all you do is right. And sometimes you need people who say, 'Hey, come on, what happened with you?'
That is the difference from being a manager and being a player: As a player, if you sign a contract for four years, if you want to be there for four years, you are. But as a manager, it always depends on the sack. You are always under pressure.
When you concede in less than two minutes, it changes completely everything.
If we want to fight at the end of the season for big things and to lift trophies, you need to keep that intensity always.
The best agent for me is myself.
We need to be regular and have consistency during the whole season.
All players need to feel confidence from the staff, the players, the supporters. All need to be consistent in training and games to give their best.
Always it is important to improve.
Tottenham has given me value.
I feel happy here in Tottenham because I feel the recognition for our job.
When you talk about Beckham, he's a massive world icon.
It's difficult to compete if you are not consistent.
The most important club in the world is Tottenham. And it is the best club in the world. I need to feel like this, and that emotion is real because I cannot be fake. It's too difficult to create the trust if you don't really believe, and it's not real, that emotion.
You judge someone from the day you meet them.
The most important thing is how you are made to feel in your home.
I am so proud to be a manager in England.
He is a killer, Harry Kane.
I am not a person who is going to convince players to stay or not stay.
To win games, we need to be focused for 95 minutes. If not, you always pay in football.
I am never going to be manager of Barcelona or Arsenal because I am so identified with Tottenham and Espanyol.
Managers and players at different clubs, it's difficult to compare.
If you win, of course celebrate and show the fans you're happy - it's fantastic - but when you win a trophy, when you win something special.
A lot can happen in football.
I am a person who is always positive.
I grew up in Newell's Old Boys and will never manage Rosario Central. That is my decision because I prefer to work on my farm in Argentina than in some places.
Being a captain means a lot - it's not just about wearing the armband.
It is difficult to give time to develop projects in football. You buy the club, and you want the title after three months.
I enjoy my time in Tottenham a lot.
When English football started to integrate more with European football, England started to share the Latin culture more.
Rumours are rumours and always happen, not only at Tottenham but every team.
Sometimes, my kids say to me, 'Ah, you played with Maradona; you played with this, or you played with that.' And they are so proud.
For me, every single game is an opportunity to improve.
I would put Harry Kane in with Batistuta. All that is happening to him, he deserves. He is the protagonist of his life, and he deserves all the prize.
I think people always expect that when you have a good season and expect the next season to be better, and the season after better and better.
Sometimes when you have lost, you don't want to speak to anybody.
For me, Jose Mourinho is one of the best managers in the world. I don't think he needs to show anyone that he is one of the best.
When you are next to Harry Kane, achieving all he is and scoring so many goals, it's normal that the focus is on Harry Kane.
If we don't need the players who are available to sign, then why are we going to sign?
If your own fans didn't want you, there is no point to carry on working because you are going to damage first of all your company, your club.
We are always trying to improve our squad because football is dynamic.
I am a person that likes to move on. I am the first to make mistakes in my life.
Always, you miss all the players when they are injured.
It's important to have the opportunity to learn.
Belief is the most important thing in football. Not quality, running, or being strong but belief, faith, and fight.
Nothing is impossible in football, and that is our idea, our philosophy.
I love to work and feel part of the project: to share and create something special.
For me, what it means to be competitive is to work hard but compete in this type of game when you need to play, you need to suffer, you need to fight.
Every single club is special and is different.
All negative things you can turn positive, and for me, that is key.
We can't see every small detail in football.
I take every season as it being different.
When you are better than your opposition for 45 minutes and create six chances, if you don't score, you are in danger in the Premier League. It's the best league in the world.
You have to realise that players change every year, just like we change because every year is different, as things happen in our lives.
You never know in football.
I am a very lucky person because I am not focused on social media and all that happens around.
The chairman is the man who manages everything and, in the end, takes all the decisions. Always, for the fans, it's important to hear him.
It motivates me, being a parakeet and living for so many years in Barcelona. Going back to the city is always something nice, and playing against Barca, too.
My only focus is to try to assess and to provide the players with better tools to perform.
When I stopped playing football, I stopped my relationship with my agent. I always had one agent.
I think the most important thing is to keep going and fighting to be in a good position. Like many clubs say, to be in the top four is a massive success.
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