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Andre Villas‑Boas talks about how a team should be ready before the first match, like putting the team to bed. He notes that having the best players available makes a side stronger and more consistent. He also says style matters, but winning is what most clubs care about.

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There are a lot of seasons when Porto have been outstanding.

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You don't expect opposition fans to praise the other players.

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The club is more important than any individual.

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We have to improve on a weekly basis, on a game-to-game basis.

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In professional football you have to live day-to-day.

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I wouldn't criticise Carlo Ancelotti.

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I have become more versatile after the Chelsea experience.

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I want to discover Japanese culture and Japanese football.

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In Porto, when we were preparing, the players guessed the team that was going to play.

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Pep was always an inspiration to me when I left Inter because of his methodology, and the way he plays such fantastic…

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Having, and building, a team that plays good football is important.

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By the time that I left Porto I had a few offers, and I probably chose the club that I shouldn't have…

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I am a person who always puts the team in front and I do it publicly.

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The mind and how the player feels is much more important for us, rather than statistical data.

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I think if you don't have a style, it makes you invisible in football.

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I got an offer from Paris Saint-Germain, who wanted me, but I said no out of love for Tottenham. Maybe that was…

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If you are a dictator of choices, players won't be able to explore their possibilities to the full. You have to be…

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I think, in the Premier League we have a situation where contacts happen more often than in Europe and the direction of…

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I think sometimes drive and ambition of individuals should not be confused as arrogance, and sometimes Cristiano gets that tag on him.

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It is about the players that take us to success. When they feel your convictions you can sell them your ideas a…

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Tottenham I really enjoyed the first year, and by the time I left we had almost as many points as in the…

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That image is now associated with the Portuguese coaches: the ability to adapt, to arrive and win, to assemble good teams and…

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I strongly believe that'players have to express themselves to their full potential, they must be able to make choices during the game.

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The Premier League is guided by this dynamic: ball lost - ball recovered - ball lost again. That makes matches unpredictable, teams…

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In my formative moments, working with Jose was the best time of my life. I was able to learn many things and…

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Playing in Italy and scoring goals is difficult.

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The team is more important than any individual.

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Good players make the difference.

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At Chelsea, a sacking is just another day at the office.

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Creativity in my players is important.

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I'm no dictator. I encourage freedom of choice in football.

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Football isn't won by one person but by collective competence. It is the quality of the players and the structure of the…

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I'm very happy at Porto. It's the city I grew up in. It is my own club and I don't think it…

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I didn't take the Porto job nor the Chelsea job because Jose made the same steps.

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We can't think after every win that we're playing as we want just because we won a match.

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Tottenham Hotspur is a great club with a strong tradition and fantastic support, both at home and throughout the world.

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Qualifying for the Champions League is not possible without a player like Dimitri Payet.

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In the Champions League I'm no expert. Pep is the expert, he's won it twice as a manager.

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I want to play the Champions League with Marseille, but I want to know how much we are economically dependent on our…

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Sometimes whatever you say to players is not enough to convince them your choice is the right one.

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Ideally when you set up for the first game of the season... to have put the team to bed would be the ideal situation.

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Tottenham Hotspur is a great club with a strong tradition and fantastic support, both at home and throughout the world.

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In Porto, when we were preparing, the players guessed the team that was going to play.

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Strong teams are consistent when they have their best players available - you always want a stronger team than the one before.

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When a person assumes he has made a mistake, it's for all of us to accept a mistake was made.

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In professional football you have to live day-to-day.

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The Chelsea experience was too much too soon. I wasn't flexible as a manager at that time. I was communicative, but I wasn't flexible…

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I wouldn't criticise Carlo Ancelotti.

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Only teams with style succeed. But, in the end, success is normally what matters in modern Europe.

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The Premier League is guided by this dynamic: ball lost - ball recovered - ball lost again. That makes matches unpredictable, teams must be…

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I am not the clone of anyone.

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We can't think after every win that we're playing as we want just because we won a match.

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I'm no dictator. I encourage freedom of choice in football.

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I am a person who always puts the team in front and I do it publicly.

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I am not arrogant. I would never ask the player to celebrate with me.

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