Diego Simeone

It is always good and important that the strikers score.

— Diego Simeone

Liga MX is a great environment, the fans are very enthusiastic.

— Diego Simeone

I would never close the door on coaching in Mexico.

— Diego Simeone

Waking up every day and planning games makes me motivated.

— Diego Simeone

There will always be mistakes, all teams make mistakes.

— Diego Simeone

We play to win, with the arms that we have.

— Diego Simeone

My ambition is to work to improve my players.

— Diego Simeone

Football is marvellous and there are countless ways to play and to win.

— Diego Simeone

Busquets reads everything. Players like Busquets or Xabi Alonso in midfield have the capacity to read the whole game.

— Diego Simeone

He who brings a style to a club that can't carry it out, he is not a good manager, because he is…

— Diego Simeone

Defeats are always tough, whatever you have lost, and they affect me the same way they affect anyone who loses a match…

— Diego Simeone

Sometimes, there isn't respect for our ways, but you can't change people.

— Diego Simeone

There are those who discredit a style or a way of playing and those who accept all the different styles.

— Diego Simeone

You have to attack to get corners, no? Winning by scoring strategic goals doesn't bother me - it's part of the game.

— Diego Simeone

Messi alone is more dangerous than Real Madrid's attacking trio Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale.

— Diego Simeone

I'm very happy in charge at Atletico. The squad give me commitment, talent and style.

— Diego Simeone

It's not enough to just have talent at Atletico Madrid. At other clubs it is, but we can't sign superstars and have…

— Diego Simeone

Ajax have a set model, a defined youth programme - Barcelona have one too, and Juventus. And Atletico Madrid do too. Real…

— Diego Simeone

Every footballer has their own identity. A Uruguayan player is different to a Spanish player. A Portuguese player may be similar to…

— Diego Simeone

With any possibly erroneous decision, you can always look back and think you could've done something differently - but always with the…

— Diego Simeone

VAR exposes everything. Before we didn't have the possibility of seeing some things that we now see. The referees are people who…

— Diego Simeone

The game's my life and I'm so passionate about it. When you see your life so intertwined with football it can make…

— Diego Simeone

Finding myself in a final with Atletico makes me happy. Why? Because I know the feelings of all the people at the…

— Diego Simeone

Diego Costa always gives us physical and moral strength. He is a very important player for the character he transmits to the…

— Diego Simeone

In La Liga you are awarded for consistency.

— Diego Simeone

From when I started to play with a ball I wanted to win everything.

— Diego Simeone

I have to continue to be very demanding of myself in order to evolve.

— Diego Simeone

We want to be the team that no one can stand to play.

— Diego Simeone

In football you need to look to make life difficult for the opponent.

— Diego Simeone

He's an animal, Diego Costa is an animal!

— Diego Simeone

As a player, you can be more spontaneous and instinctive, but now as a coach I have to find a psychological balance…

— Diego Simeone

I don't believe much in luck. I believe more in work, in convincing, in stubbornness and in capacity.

— Diego Simeone

Artificial pitches are just one more condition for us, like sun, wind or snow; we should be able to deal with such…

— Diego Simeone

I'm a believer that emotions can move mountains, that spirit alone can trump budgets.

— Diego Simeone

Football is like boxing because you have to know when it is time to attack.

— Diego Simeone

When we were children we played on the street - on tarmac and things like that.

— Diego Simeone

I would never close the door on any job because I like to work, I like football.

— Diego Simeone

There is no such thing as revenge in football, or in life for that matter, just new opportunities.

— Diego Simeone

My role is to take the player to his limits, to provoke him, to annoy him against me, because in this nervousness…

— Diego Simeone

What I'm trying to say is that within the styles, first, there's something clear: the style is given by the players on…

— Diego Simeone