Carlos Carvalhal

When we go to the opera, we put the clothes on we know we must wear for there.

— Carlos Carvalhal

Flamengo usually contact managers who have won a lot of trophies.

— Carlos Carvalhal

The worst enemy of coaches is expectations.

— Carlos Carvalhal

I had a plan. I played football professionally but I also studied at university.

— Carlos Carvalhal

We practise, we know exactly what we must do and we win.

— Carlos Carvalhal

I'm Portuguese. After lunch, I need an espresso.

— Carlos Carvalhal

My mother worked at home, making clothes, trying to make some money.

— Carlos Carvalhal

When you have a lot of stress around your team the best thing is to try and put a smile on their…

— Carlos Carvalhal

When you go to the play-offs one time, it can be a lot of things - that we have a good group…

— Carlos Carvalhal

I don't like confrontation. I don't care about it. If someone tries it with me, they will be talking to themselves because…

— Carlos Carvalhal

The connections are very important with the fans, with the journalists, with the people. The Portuguese like to do this - it's…

— Carlos Carvalhal

When you are working, I must tell you, if someone wants to talk to me, to 99.9% I say no.

— Carlos Carvalhal

We must go to the pitch without any fear. We have to try to compete for three points against every opponent. To…

— Carlos Carvalhal

I like music more balanced between the voice and the guitar and the percussion. I don't like heavy metal.

— Carlos Carvalhal

If the owner goes inside a team and picks one player to play, I can no longer be the manager. Decisions must…

— Carlos Carvalhal

I am from a poor background in Portugal. We were medium-down, not down-and-out. My parents felt problems around food in the past…

— Carlos Carvalhal

I am not a person who says I must talk the same way to every player, I don't agree with this. Some…

— Carlos Carvalhal

I knew Portuguese football and I knew that Rio Ave was a medium-sized club but I also knew they are organised off…

— Carlos Carvalhal

I remember Simple Minds, Echo and the Bunnymen, Nina Hagen, Elvis Costello and Duran Duran. And the best concert I ever saw…

— Carlos Carvalhal

But we must be so creative, trying to simulate the game. How can I make the players, when one is there, another…

— Carlos Carvalhal

Just play football. If you are a writer, you must write. It's the best way to practise. If I'm a pianist, I…

— Carlos Carvalhal

Sometimes we need to take some time to reflect. Sometimes we need to do something different. Sometimes we need to do something…

— Carlos Carvalhal

I believe in myself, I believe in my players. My target is to try to get them to believe in themselves and…

— Carlos Carvalhal

We have to understand the abilities of the players. We will try to build a game model with our ideas and with…

— Carlos Carvalhal

I believe society and football are all the time together, and will come to a new harmony.

— Carlos Carvalhal

To me, I don't have any problems. I don't have economic problems. I have an independent life.

— Carlos Carvalhal

I chose Rio Ave because I had something in my head about wanting to do it differently to how I had done…

— Carlos Carvalhal

I was surrounded by classical music, art and ballet all these things. But they also had a football field and it was…

— Carlos Carvalhal

I love football but it doesn't come in front of my family. One time when I was manager of Braga I cancelled…

— Carlos Carvalhal

When I arrive people don't know me very well, but it's about the work we do and the way the team play.

— Carlos Carvalhal

My mother drilled into me the importance of hard work. She had good talent at school but did not have the money…

— Carlos Carvalhal

It's called tactical periodisation because you push the physical and the psychological part together, but with organisation. So you run, but you…

— Carlos Carvalhal

My grandparents, one Christmas, they did not have anything. They did not have money to buy presents. So my grandmother went to…

— Carlos Carvalhal

So we draw a picture of what we want as a team and will follow that - understanding that sometimes you might…

— Carlos Carvalhal

At every club I have been at I have had a test in the first few weeks from the big players at…

— Carlos Carvalhal