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title: "3 Demanding Quotes By Pep Guardiola"
description: "3 Demanding quotes by Pep Guardiola. Plus more from Pep Guardiola and more Demanding sayings from other authors."
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> [Sometimes I was wrong about my players. Sometimes I want more and more from them; sometimes I am so demanding, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/sometimes-i-was-wrong-about-my-players-sometimes-i-want-more-and-more/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/pep-guardiola-3789_demanding_sometimes-i-was-wrong-about-my-players-s_1304510.png)

> [This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/this-was-how-johan-cruyff-worked-he-was-demanding-a-lot-but-when-you/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/pep-guardiola-3789_demanding_this-was-how-johan-cruyff-worked-he-was_2249258.png)

> [I think all managers have to be so demanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/i-think-all-managers-have-to-be-so-demanding/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71f/pep-guardiola-3789_demanding_i-think-all-managers-have-to-be-so-deman_2622220.png)

## Other authors on Demanding

## More by Pep Guardiola

> [The fans can accept a poor performance, but they won't take it when you choose not to put in the effort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/the-fans-can-accept-a-poor-performance-but-they-won-t-take-it-when/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [I need time, but as soon as possible, we are going to try to create team spirit. That is the most important thing. After…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/i-need-time-but-as-soon-as-possible-we-are-going-to-try-to-create/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [I started playing football young, and my career was on the pitch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/i-started-playing-football-young-and-my-career-was-on-the-pitch/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [Will I be a success? I don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/will-i-be-a-success-i-don-t-know/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [A perfectionist? That's part of my job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/a-perfectionist-that-s-part-of-my-job/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [I won't be training at 60 years old, because I want to do something else in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/i-won-t-be-training-at-60-years-old-because-i-want-to-do-something/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [Iniesta doesn't dye his hair, he doesn't wear earrings and he hasn't got any tattoos. Maybe that makes him unattractive to the media but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/iniesta-doesn-t-dye-his-hair-he-doesn-t-wear-earrings-and-he-hasn-t/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [All the managers in the world are here to win games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/all-the-managers-in-the-world-are-here-to-win-games/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [I have a lot of respect for the careers of the players. They are with us, they are with me, and I treat them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/i-have-a-lot-of-respect-for-the-careers-of-the-players-they-are-with/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [I'm going with the understanding that I've done my duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/i-m-going-with-the-understanding-that-i-ve-done-my-duty/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [I see Maradona every time he grabs the ball and accelerates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/i-see-maradona-every-time-he-grabs-the-ball-and-accelerates/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [People say you must be pragmatic, more clinical. More pragmatic than me? I'm sorry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/people-say-you-must-be-pragmatic-more-clinical-more-pragmatic-than-me/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [I want to play the football I feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/i-want-to-play-the-football-i-feel/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [If I believed in it, and it wasn't productive for the team, I wouldn't do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/if-i-believed-in-it-and-it-wasn-t-productive-for-the-team-i-wouldn-t/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

> [There is no defence that can stop Messi. It is impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pep-guardiola/there-is-no-defence-that-can-stop-messi-it-is-impossible/)

[Pep Guardiola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pep-guardiola/)

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