Football Quotes by Tite

Pele is incomparable.

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Coaches are overvalued.

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Winning or losing is part of the game.

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Coaches are always looking to evolve.

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My job is to prepare the squad.

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When the national team plays there shouldn't be club games going on.

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It is inhumane to put sole responsibility on one athlete.

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Football is a transformation agent, both for good and for bad.

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I'm not dumb enough to call up a bad player.

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I demand Casemiro play the same role he plays at his club, Real Madrid.

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A manager's story, like the story of a player, is unpredictable.

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Neymar is essential, but not irreplaceable.

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There's no news on talking about Messi's talent.

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All the players have this responsibility of playing for the collective and also being individuals with some specific characteristics.

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You don't cancel out Messi, no, you can slow his actions, but you cannot neutralise his actions.

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I spoke with Zidane and he insisted that Casemiro is the player who gives Real Madrid balance. I decided to trust him…

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A team is strong because they have players who have different characteristics, but they are all important so sometimes the needs of…

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Regardless of the great rivalry between Brazil and Argentina, one only rivals who he admires.

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I don't mind my team being less physically strong in exchange for more mobility and nimble, swift transitions.

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A football match should never be settled with the horror of penalties. I don't see that as a valid result. For me,…

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When you have three different coaches in the same qualifying competition, there are bound to be things that don't work smoothly.

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In the 1958 World Cup final, Sweden scored against Brazil and Didi went to the back of the net and talked to…

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I don't have that intuition, of changing a defender for a midfielder, for example. I'm incompetent on that matter, to put a…

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The coach is a human being and does not demand miracles from human beings. He has the humility to understand that there…

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In truth, I never dreamed of being a manager. Like every other boy in Brazil who was marked by the '70 World…

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The players are the essence of the game. It is their creativity, the technical capacity of the player - the players have…

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The Olympic Games provided players like Neymar, Marquinhos, Gabriel Jesus and Renato Augusto with some really valuable experience and ended up improving…

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You don't pay for winning like that - whether it's the World Cup, whether it's the Brazilian national team. Paying the price…

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I respect opinions, I don't give opinions on them. I learnt to respect them. And I also have a very clear opinion…

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I remember during the 1970 World Cup, the whole country stopped to focus on the matches. I was nine years old. I…

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Cristiano is direct and forceful, and has this fascination with goals.

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Yes, I would have wanted Messi to be born in Brazil.

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Perhaps Argentina have been benefited by the talent of Messi.

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I've never had any problem with Neymar. It's so easy to work with him.

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A team has to be prepared for the various situations in the game.

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My thing is in the pitch, that's my concern.

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Neymar is irreplaceable. Douglas Costa cannot replace him. He will play like Douglas Costa.

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Neymar, I'm not going to take away his initiative in the last third of the pitch - his genius.

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I do not even know the limit of Neymar. His technical and creative ability is impressive. When we release him in the…

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Coutinho, Willian, Gabriel Jesus, Neymar, Douglas Costa, Taison... they think fast and execute fast. The final third of the pitch requires that.

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