Quique Setien

Everything can happen in soccer. We have seen inexplicable things.

— Quique Setien

I'm a romantic, I like the football.

— Quique Setien

Playing without a crowd is a disadvantage.

— Quique Setien

Having the ball makes you a football player, not running after it.

— Quique Setien

I am used to working with what I have.

— Quique Setien

More time and less pressure would be a lot better, that's true.

— Quique Setien

In moments of frustration one may not have refined comments.

— Quique Setien

There is a great part of the professional world that I don't like.

— Quique Setien

When you don't win games everyone tries to stir the pot but this is the circus we're in.

— Quique Setien

When you come to a new team there's always uncertainty about how they're going to respond.

— Quique Setien

I understand that it is very difficult for Barca and Madrid to win everything until the end.

— Quique Setien

I have always thought winning on its own is not enough. You have to have continuity in what you do. The things…

— Quique Setien

Of course I have dreamed about that - and about showing off the Champions League trophy to the cows back in Liencres.

— Quique Setien

It is not easy to change things in a footballer that other coaches told him were very good.

— Quique Setien

If a player is receptive and really wants to learn and improve, you might be surprised what they are capable of doing.

— Quique Setien

I want my team to play well almost all of the time and have possession of the ball.

— Quique Setien

Every player has what they have but some outperform themselves. It's about learning and expanding your abilities and becoming even better still.

— Quique Setien

The formation is important but not that important. The important thing is the concepts in each position on the pitch. That has…

— Quique Setien

I do not agree that the coach has to adapt to the players. There was a time when I thought it, but…

— Quique Setien

If Messi didn't have it clearly in his head that Barcelona have a winning project, maybe he would go, but Barcelona are…

— Quique Setien

I never really understood the game until I saw Cruyff's Barcelona play. The first time that happened it opened up a new…

— Quique Setien

I told Cruyff I'd have given my little finger to have played for his team, but not just to play at Barcelona…

— Quique Setien

Madrid's players are carried along by the football itself, what they feel in each moment; they're not guided by tactical rigor or…

— Quique Setien

In these fixtures, the past is forgotten. What is rewarded is the present. This is a Clasico: two teams that will be…

— Quique Setien

What I feel for the ball, what I enjoy, as a player and now as a coach, the satisfaction I feel when…

— Quique Setien

I like to have fewer players. That way, everyone is plugged into what you're doing. There is a risk attached to that…

— Quique Setien

Real Madrid are a team who are a little anarchic.

— Quique Setien

Pressure is not imposed on me by the club, I impose it on myself.

— Quique Setien

I've come from the bottom, I've got used to working with what I have.

— Quique Setien

I've watched Barcelona all my life.

— Quique Setien

Hard work is the most important. Conviction also, but real hard work.

— Quique Setien

There are many variables in each game that make each one different.

— Quique Setien

I don't rule out 3-4-3 or other formations depending on the game.

— Quique Setien

I am a person with clear convictions.

— Quique Setien

I think the best way to victory is to play well.

— Quique Setien

I have this philosophy of play that I love and my teams play well.

— Quique Setien

I listen to everyone but I am the first to defend what I believe.

— Quique Setien

Of course I would like to coach Neymar one day.

— Quique Setien

If there is something I don't like, I will say so.

— Quique Setien

When I arrived at Lugo, the whole world told me you can't play that football in Segunda B. I said we could,…

— Quique Setien