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Vicente del Bosque

(1950) Association Football Player

19 quotes in 118 categories

Vicente del Bosque is an association football player, best known for Vicente del Bosque, mil gracias.

Quick Facts About Vicente del Bosque

Born: December 23, 1950
Profession: Association Football Player
Notable works: Vicente del Bosque, mil gracias

About Vicente del Bosque

Vicente del Bosque González, 1st Marquess of Del Bosque is a Spanish retired football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time and is to date the only football manager to have won the World Cup, the Champions League, the European Championship, and the Intercontinental Cup.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Vicente del Bosque

If I were a player, I would like to be like Busquets.

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Funny

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I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport…

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Care

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As with Cesc Fabregas, some players who go and play for foreign clubs improve on a cultural level. It makes them grow…

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Clubs

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I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

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Coaches

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Messi or Ronaldo? I prefer Messi because he is more of a street player.

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Messi

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Sometimes people say that coach is a winner, but everyone wants to win. You must know how to behave in victory and…

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Behave

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Football has an important role to play in society. Players should have a sense of social responsibility, have a moral dimension to…

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Dimensions

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No one knows anything about economics. It's the great lie of the economists. By contrast in football people might have contrasting opinions,…

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Contrast

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The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World…

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Atmosphere

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Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You…

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Angry

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I realised that the political context had got worse since the 2010 World Cup. I tried to ignore it but I wanted,…

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Coaches

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I think it is important to help our country's image outside of Spain.

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Country

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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.

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Boss

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Technically he is perfect and he plays so naturally, almost without effort. It's like when Roger Federer plays tennis, he barely sweats.

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Effort

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We are in a world that is quite extremist and extremism makes more noise. Normality does not sell.

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Doe

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We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and…

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Behaviour

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The certainty that our football, the football of Spain, is recognised, that's very important to us - perhaps more important than the…

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Appreciated

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Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that…

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Improvement

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You watch the game, you don't see Busquets. You watch Busquets, you see the whole game.

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Games

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