Top 119 Quotes & Sayings by Rafael Benitez

You have to adapt to different teams and different players, but you have try to maintain your discipline and score goals.

The difference between the Premier League and the other leagues is the intensity of the games.

In football, it is a question sometimes of the mentality, understanding the players, the atmosphere, the confidence.

There are many coaches who talk about referees every day.

When someone gets angry during a training session but then does their job, there's no problem; it's fine.

Does the manager have absolute power in England? No, it depends on a budget and on the executive director that negotiates the signings of players.

I would like to thank all Neapolitan fans for the affection and warmth that I have felt.

You cannot bring in two or three top-class players if you don't have the money. You have to sell.

I have experience and have been in Europe many times, so I know squad rotation is necessary to make everyone in the side stronger.

I am consistent rather than courageous.

I like to exchange ideas because we all want to win. If a footballer doesn't agree, then you try and have a chat to work things out.

There is no Benitez 'method.' We try to be more solid in defense without losing the quality in attack.

It is always difficult, but when you have been a manager for a while with different teams, sometimes you were only playing once a week, trying to avoid relegation. When you have experience, you know all about the different feelings. Clearly, I would prefer to be fighting for the title or for the Champions League, but you must accept the situation.

The most important thing is that my players work well. What people say on the outside is not important.

If the owner wants to support the team, that's okay. If the owner can be on the pitch and score a couple of goals, it would be better!

Real Madrid approach each match and each competition with the idea of winning it.

You have to be positive and turn things in your favour.

I have to do what I have to do so that we can win games.

Competition in football means someone will improve.

Sometimes you have to manage, and you have to sell two or three players who aren't playing many games.

I am not hugely concerned about the amount of goals we score - it is the final results that are the difference.

How can you change things when you are under pressure? You don't tell a player who keeps giving the ball away not to touch the ball; you keep training and working hard.

I knew off by heart the names of the Real Madrid team that played Liverpool in the European Cup final of 1981.

When I arrived at Liverpool, the budget was £20m gross. When I left, it was £17m, but still people said I must win the title. Manchester United had around £50m more every year, but they said I must compete against them.

You cannot win every year.

Having the family around is always very important because they are supportive. If you have a good day, you can enjoy it together. And if you have a bad day, you always find something as a distraction with your children, because they are normally happy.

Inter did not treat me well. They did not recognise my value despite me winning the Italian Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

For me, it is a great challenge to be at the most important club in the world, and I will try to win everything that I can win.

I have said many times that I am convinced that Benzema is a great striker, and I think he has demonstrated that.

It is very important that you can express yourself, especially at half-time in a changing room, which is the crucial time for a manager.

Whenever you lose, it's always bad, and especially against Barcelona.

To win the league with Valencia in Spain after 31 years changed my life.

There are good players in Europe and all the way around the world, but better than Torres - no. I would not want to swap Fernando with anyone else in the world, because he is my player, and I'm very pleased with him.

In England, there is a tradition of playing on Saturday. But in Spain, I won the UEFA Cup with Valencia playing on Thursday and Sunday, which was just the same.

For me, there is only one club in England, and that's Liverpool.

I don't think where they live is important to footballers.

I've worked with so many teams, so many dressing rooms.

Carlo Ancelotti is very competitive, but he does it with respect.

To improve teams like Newcastle, if you do the right things, it is enough to be stronger and bigger and compete.

Luiz Felipe Scolari was a good professional, a nice person, someone you could talk with before and after games. He has a lot of experience and is a good manager.

I like working on the pitch, staying focused.

We want to win trophies and be in the record books.

Players want to join a club that's ambitious.

I don't spend all day thinking about football. But a large part of it, yeah.

I have always had sympathy for Atletico Madrid because, among other things, I have friends there, and my father always liked Atletico.

When you make a mistake, and the team is not doing well in defence, then the centre-backs and the 'keeper suffer more than the others.

I don't talk about referees. I never do, usually, and I want to carry on like that.

In all my time in England, I have never come up against a fragile Man United team.

I was lucky to see Di Stefano, on the pitch, in person. He was a winner, as is Raul.

I have to concentrate on my job and try to do my best in the things that I know. Coaching the team and trying to have a winning mentality.

The Champions League is the most important, but I love the Liga and the Copa.

As I see it, Seedorf and I are coaches who handle the concept of a more proactive game.

Napoli belongs to the city and to the fans. If this city sees the team reach the final, it will be a source of pride.

Chelsea is a big club with fantastic players; every manager wants to coach a such a big team. But I would never take that job, in respect for my former team at Liverpool, no matter what.

Whether a player rotates more or less depends on his form and his position. It's not the same for a center back as it is for a winger. Every player is different.

If you are a referee, it's not easy because everyone wants to win, and so there will be cheating.

What features in a midfielder am I after? Players who have the mindset to win every game - then we can start to talk about the technical quality.

In Spain, the game is more technical; in England, it's more physical, while in Italy, it's more tactical. Each country is a challenge, and I like to put myself to the test.

To win the UEFA Cup with Valencia changed my life. It changed everything.

If you spend £200million, £300m every year, obviously, even if you make mistakes, you have a good team, but without spending so much money, you can still improve and do well.