Diego Simeone Quotes

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Diego Simeone

Profession : Businessman

Birth : April 28, 1970

With any possibly erroneous decision, you can always look back and think you could've done something differently - but always with the benefit of hindsight.

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Psychology is important but motivation is something that if you don't have it inside then you can't provide it.

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I think talk is cheap - when I hear people say what they'd like to happen, I think it's empty.

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I was 27 or 28 years old when I really decided I would become a manager. I would go home from training at Lazio, grab a folder and pretend I was taking a training session. You know the way kids imagine things, when they are playing? I would do the same as an adult, playing at being a manager.

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I relate football with boxing, with a street fight. In both cases there is always one moment, a second, in which someone shows fear in their eyes, in their body. In football it's exactly the same.

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I do not listen to criticism or flattery, one weakens you and the other angers you.

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We play to win, with the arms that we have.

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I'm very happy in charge at Atletico. The squad give me commitment, talent and style.

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Whether you win or lose against English teams, you always feel it's been a proper contest.

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If there is one thing I am, it is very hard-headed. If I want something, I go after it - and I go after it ad nauseum.

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Football is like boxing because you have to know when it is time to attack.

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If I had to chose between Messi and Ronaldo, then most likely I would choose Messi.

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The teams that defend well are as important as those that attack well. If you don't concede goals it is much easier to win but it is all about having balance.

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Whether you like Mourinho's style or not is open to discussion but he has won in different places and this has a lot of merit.

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When coaches arrive at a club, we need to understand its history. If we don't understand it, then we are destined to have a bad time.

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Football is wonderful because no one is right: there's no absolute truth.

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Catania was a real learning curve. I grew amid difficulties. In terms of courage and ideas, a lot about my Atleti comes from Italy.

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As a coach, the greatest passion you can have is for improving players.

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Of course, becoming champions is something we all want, but I think that the best 'championship' for a manager is to see players like Koke, Lucas Hernandez, Angel Correa - lads who have come up from all the way down in the lower divisions - become professionals of a high standard.

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It's difficult to get ready to face a player like Cristiano Ronaldo. He's a goal animal.

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