Arsene Wenger Quotes

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Arsene Wenger

Profession : Coach

Birth : October 22, 1949

We didn't think he would play on Sunday because he was suspended - that makes me think he has all the qualities to join Arsenal!

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Of course, we also have the responsibility to win games and the difficulty in the job is to combine both.

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I also think we live in a competitive world, and I love competition.

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If you have the money and you find the one player who can make you win and make the difference, no matter how expensive he is, you should do it. But there are not many players in the world who will make a real difference.

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I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always.

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It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.

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Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.

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You cannot say that you are happy when you don't win.

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Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together.

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The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money.

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My target is to make the players as rich as possible within the financial constraints of the club. My target is not to give them less money. I'm happy to make them rich.

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In some ways England is more liberal than France, but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you have to accept the ways of where you live. I have to respect that.

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I think generally the Japanese players have more intensity in practice but generally I do the same things.

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I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential.

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In a competitive world, not everybody can follow the pace; you will leave people out. We now accept that we must take care of these people. You cannot let them die in the streets; people will not accept it. And that is right, too.

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Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.

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English players are as easy to coach. The problem is that the Premier League has the best players in the world, and statistically not all of them can be born in England. But we don't have enough English players: we are working very hard on it.

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