Nuno Espirito Santo

At Porto, under Jose Mourinho, we won everything with a fantastic group of football players. Mourinho built that. He made us succeed,…

— Nuno Espirito Santo

When you realise that the ball is faster than you, you say to yourself, 'OK, I love the game. I want to…

— Nuno Espirito Santo

When you try to build an identity based on one idea, the easy part is to stick with the good things that…

— Nuno Espirito Santo

If you embrace a project that will require time and patience, then you need something to work on. So the first step…

— Nuno Espirito Santo

I truly believe you have to take things as they come, win or lose, and keep believing in how you want to…

— Nuno Espirito Santo

When you win, you want to repeat it.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

I will not ever change my principles. I will not do it. We have a 'how.' This is the most important thing…

— Nuno Espirito Santo

You have to be ready for anything and everything and accept everything the way things are.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

One of the things that is most difficult for a manager is reversing bad results and keeping going.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

The barrier of communication is terrible if you don't speak the language. You cannot reach a player with a translator.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

You cannot have a situation where you think that if you want to attack, then you play this formation, and if you…

— Nuno Espirito Santo

It's very hard to rank performances. It's very difficult, and it doesn't really matter if you rank performances.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

Every game is a chance to improve.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

Of course you learn a lot as a player when you pay attention to managers when they speak to you.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

You have to love your job.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

If somebody asks for a photo, with a smile, it is nothing.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

I know that if I have come to Britain, I must adapt, and I will try to.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

If you love your job the way I do and the way we do as a team and what we want to…

— Nuno Espirito Santo

I learned a lot from the coaches I played for.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

I love everything about football.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

In Portugal, seeing a black cat is a bad sign; it's bad luck. But they tell me if it crosses from left…

— Nuno Espirito Santo

Football is a passionate game, and the emotions are intense. As long you respect the people around you, I don't see any…

— Nuno Espirito Santo

I was a goalkeeper, but through my career, I spent almost as much time sitting on the bench as I did playing.

— Nuno Espirito Santo

I want to thank everybody for every day that I have spent at Valencia CF. It has been an honour and a…

— Nuno Espirito Santo

I try to distract with other things, but in my mind, it is always the game, especially the team, the shape, my…

— Nuno Espirito Santo