Diego Simeone

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

— Diego Simeone

My ambition is to work to improve my players.

— Diego Simeone

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

— Diego Simeone

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

— Diego Simeone

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

— Diego Simeone

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

— Diego Simeone

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

— Diego Simeone

It is always good and important that the strikers score.

— Diego Simeone

Whether you like Mourinho's style or not is open to discussion but he has won in different places and this has a…

— 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

Whenever a fellow coach is sacked it is not good for any of us - it hurts. You just have to accept…

— 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

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

— Diego Simeone

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

— Diego Simeone

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

— Diego Simeone

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

— 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

The teams that defend well are as important as those that attack well. If you don't concede goals it is much easier…

— Diego Simeone

I relate football with boxing, with a street fight. In both cases there is always one moment, a second, in which someone…

— Diego Simeone

As a coach you need to choose the characteristics your players can contribute. I don't think it's a good thing for a…

— 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

Maradona and Messi played in different times and in different positions. Messi is much more a striker, Diego was all over the…

— Diego Simeone

The hardest thing in life is reinventing yourself and staying at the top of your game, whilst the hardest thing in football…

— Diego Simeone

Those who manage to keep the offensive and defensive balance are more successful. We search for balance in order to keep a…

— Diego Simeone

Messi is the number one. No other player is close to him.

— Diego Simeone

Geminis are aggressive, changeable, intense.

— Diego Simeone

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

— Diego Simeone

There will always be mistakes, all teams make mistakes.

— Diego Simeone

Waking up every day and planning games makes me motivated.

— Diego Simeone

I would never close the door on coaching in Mexico.

— Diego Simeone

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

— Diego Simeone

The characteristics of people according to their star sign are similar, and we pay attention to how we can get the best…

— Diego Simeone

Maybe the key aspect of imposing fear to the opposition is to make them understand that we have no fear.

— Diego Simeone

Football is not just in Europe, there is football all over the world so I am always open to the idea of…

— Diego Simeone

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

— 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

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

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

— Diego Simeone

Like I've always said, in football the most important thing is the quality of minutes not the quantity.

— Diego Simeone

If I had to chose between Messi and Ronaldo, then most likely I would choose Messi.

— Diego Simeone