Pep Guardiola

The fans can accept a poor performance, but they won't take it when you choose not to put in the effort.

— Pep Guardiola

I need time, but as soon as possible, we are going to try to create team spirit. That is the most important…

— Pep Guardiola

I started playing football young, and my career was on the pitch.

— Pep Guardiola

Will I be a success? I don't know.

— Pep Guardiola

A perfectionist? That's part of my job.

— Pep Guardiola

I won't be training at 60 years old, because I want to do something else in my life.

— Pep Guardiola

Iniesta doesn't dye his hair, he doesn't wear earrings and he hasn't got any tattoos. Maybe that makes him unattractive to the…

— Pep Guardiola

All the managers in the world are here to win games.

— Pep Guardiola

I have a lot of respect for the careers of the players. They are with us, they are with me, and I…

— Pep Guardiola

I'm going with the understanding that I've done my duty.

— Pep Guardiola

I see Maradona every time he grabs the ball and accelerates.

— Pep Guardiola

People say you must be pragmatic, more clinical. More pragmatic than me? I'm sorry.

— Pep Guardiola

I want to play the football I feel.

— Pep Guardiola

If I believed in it, and it wasn't productive for the team, I wouldn't do it.

— Pep Guardiola

There is no defence that can stop Messi. It is impossible.

— Pep Guardiola

Our job is to convince guys that our way is the best way to cross the road. The tactics and training and…

— Pep Guardiola

I am so happy when I feel emotion about the way my team plays.

— Pep Guardiola

I enjoy every day in Manchester. I am confident we can make a step forward to make people proud of us.

— Pep Guardiola

I have to understand the rules here in England.

— Pep Guardiola

In Barcelona, Bayern Munich, in Spain and Germany we were able to do it. But people say, 'You only did it because…

— Pep Guardiola

It doesn't mean my footballing ideas are special, different, better than the others. I am not saying it's my football, my ideas,…

— Pep Guardiola

I want to win. I want to play serious. I want to be effective.

— Pep Guardiola

The people say I have to change? Well, the people have to tell me what I should do to change.

— Pep Guardiola

Messi is an irreplaceable player, today if he was here we would have won 5-0 but he was not and we had…

— Pep Guardiola

Lahm is a scandal. He is super-intelligent, understands the game brilliantly, knows when to come inside or to stay wide. The guy…

— Pep Guardiola