--- title: "20 Player Quotes By Arsene Wenger" description: "20 Player quotes by Arsene Wenger. Plus more from Arsene Wenger and more Player sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/arsene-wenger-3518_chairman_i-have-only-been-here-since-1996-but-bet_3203622.png" --- > [I have only been here since 1996 but between 1966 and 1996 England had thirty years without foreign players and didn't win…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/i-have-only-been-here-since-1996-but-between-1966-and-1996-england/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/arsene-wenger-3518_chairman_i-have-only-been-here-since-1996-but-bet_3203622.png) > [As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/as-a-coach-you-can-influence-the-diet-of-your-players-you-can-point/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/arsene-wenger-3518_coach_as-a-coach-you-can-influence-the-diet-of_997694.png) > [The real revelation of a player's character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/the-real-revelation-of-a-player-s-character-is-not-in-his-social-life/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70c/arsene-wenger-3518_character_the-real-revelation-of-a-player-s-charac_2018002.png) > [Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/young-players-need-freedom-of-expression-to-develop-as-creative/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/arsene-wenger-3518_be-encouraged_young-players-need-freedom-of-expression_1215177.png) > [At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/at-a-young-age-winning-is-not-the-most-important-thing-the-important/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/arsene-wenger-3518_age_at-a-young-age-winning-is-not-the-most-i_3148592.png) > [You build a player like you build a house. You start with the foundations. The fundamentals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/you-build-a-player-like-you-build-a-house-you-start-with-the/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/arsene-wenger-3518_foundation_you-build-a-player-like-you-build-a-hous_1841251.png) > [Who is the Best Player in the World? Leo Messi. Who is the Best Player Ever? Leo Messi!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/who-is-the-best-player-in-the-world-leo-messi-who-is-the-best-player/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/arsene-wenger-3518_best-players_who-is-the-best-player-in-the-world-leo_1435179.png) > [The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/the-best-football-players-in-the-world-still-earn-very-little-money/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/arsene-wenger-3518_ball-player_the-best-football-players-in-the-world-s_1096790.png) > [For a while, you could decide when you loan the player out whether he plays against you or not, and I always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/for-a-while-you-could-decide-when-you-loan-the-player-out-whether-he/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/arsene-wenger-3518_decided_for-a-while-you-could-decide-when-you-lo_3225318.jpg) > [I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/i-think-in-the-future-we-need-to-look-at-our-youth-department-to/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/arsene-wenger-3518_amount_i-think-in-the-future-we-need-to-look-at_415470.png) > [I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/i-believe-in-work-in-connections-between-the-players-i-think-what/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/arsene-wenger-3518_believe_i-believe-in-work-in-connections-between_1809087.png) > [ Sometimes I see it \[a foul by an Arsenal player\], but I say that I didn’t see it to protect the players… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/sometimes-i-see-it-a-foul-by-an-arsenal-player-but-i-say-that-i-didn/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/arsene-wenger-3518_arsenal_sometimes-i-see-it-a-foul-by-an-arsenal_968877.png) > [English players are as easy to coach. The problem is that the Premier League has the best players in the world, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/english-players-are-as-easy-to-coach-the-problem-is-that-the-premier/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/arsene-wenger-3518_best_english-players-are-as-easy-to-coach-the_3141684.jpg) > [If you have the money and you find the one player who can make you win and make the difference, no matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/if-you-have-the-money-and-you-find-the-one-player-who-can-make-you/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/arsene-wenger-3518_difference_if-you-have-the-money-and-you-find-the-o_3148694.png) > [Spare me the articles about how nice Shawcross is because that was a horrendous tackle. People say we don't fancy the physical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/spare-me-the-articles-about-how-nice-shawcross-is-because-that-was-a/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/arsene-wenger-3518_acceptable_spare-me-the-articles-about-how-nice-sha_91881.jpg) > [As a non-Arsenal player I would say Ryan Giggs is my Premier League player of the decade because he has combined style…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/as-a-non-arsenal-player-i-would-say-ryan-giggs-is-my-premier-league/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/arsene-wenger-3518_arsenal_as-a-non-arsenal-player-i-would-say-ryan_1809797.png) > [It is one of my biggest regrets that Niall Quinn was not here during my time... I felt he was an intelligent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/it-is-one-of-my-biggest-regrets-that-niall-quinn-was-not-here-during/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/arsene-wenger-3518_balls_it-is-one-of-my-biggest-regrets-that-nia_2585578.png) > [Unfortunately apparently I am to blame because I don't produce enough English players.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/unfortunately-apparently-i-am-to-blame-because-i-don-t-produce-enough/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/arsene-wenger-3518_blame_unfortunately-apparently-i-am-to-blame-b_2820956.png) > [I think generally the Japanese players have more intensity in practice but generally I do the same things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/i-think-generally-the-japanese-players-have-more-intensity-in/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/arsene-wenger-3518_intensity_i-think-generally-the-japanese-players-h_245663.png) > [You ask me: 'Was he a fair player?' I say: 'No, I'm sorry, for me he was not a fair player.' I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/you-ask-me-was-he-a-fair-player-i-say-no-i-m-sorry-for-me-he-was-not/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/arsene-wenger-3518_ask-me_you-ask-me-was-he-a-fair-player-i-say-no_1893643.jpg) ## Other authors on Player ## More by Arsene Wenger > [As a club, we have an educational purpose: to give back to those people who love Arsenal so that they learn moral values from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/as-a-club-we-have-an-educational-purpose-to-give-back-to-those-people/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [He made the impossible possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/he-made-the-impossible-possible/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [Everyone plays the ball over the top and, at the moment, we only concede goals from crosses or balls over the top. I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/everyone-plays-the-ball-over-the-top-and-at-the-moment-we-only/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [Spare me the articles about how nice Shawcross is because that was a horrendous tackle. People say we don't fancy the physical side of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/spare-me-the-articles-about-how-nice-shawcross-is-because-that-was-a/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/for-me-motivation-is-a-person-who-has-the-capability-to-recruit-the/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [I think generally the Japanese players have more intensity in practice but generally I do the same things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/i-think-generally-the-japanese-players-have-more-intensity-in/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [I would be much more annoyed if we hadn't won the game. As a manager, you have to see the positives and I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/i-would-be-much-more-annoyed-if-we-hadn-t-won-the-game-as-a-manager/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [We played a whole season unbeaten but you did not see me every week jumping on the tables. Once it's over it's over and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/we-played-a-whole-season-unbeaten-but-you-did-not-see-me-every-week/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [Everybody has a different opinion in this league and nobody is a prophet. I personally don't know who will win the league. I managed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/everybody-has-a-different-opinion-in-this-league-and-nobody-is-a/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [People who work make the world live better and to reward these people well is normal. Yet they are not the people who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/people-who-work-make-the-world-live-better-and-to-reward-these-people/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/i-believe-the-target-of-anything-in-life-should-be-to-do-it-so-well/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/i-think-in-the-future-we-need-to-look-at-our-youth-department-to/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [Your first touch sets you free](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/your-first-touch-sets-you-free/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [I am still hopeful we can go through the season unbeaten - a frightening thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/i-am-still-hopeful-we-can-go-through-the-season-unbeaten-a/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) > [I believe I do my job the way I have to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/i-believe-i-do-my-job-the-way-i-have-to-do-it/) [Arsene Wenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsene-wenger/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/player/arsene-wenger/#itemlist", "name": "20 Player Quotes By Arsene Wenger", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have only been here since 1996 but between 1966 and 1996 England had thirty years without foreign players and didn't win any more competitions in that time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arsene Wenger" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsene-wenger/i-have-only-been-here-since-1996-but-between-1966-and-1996-england/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/arsene-wenger-3518_chairman_i-have-only-been-here-since-1996-but-bet_3203622.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/arsene-wenger-3518_chairman_i-have-only-been-here-since-1996-but-bet_3203622.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/arsene-wenger-3518_chairman_i-have-only-been-here-since-1996-but-bet_3203622.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have only been here since 1996 but between 1966 and 1996 England had thirty years without foreign players…” — Arsene Wenger", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. 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