Marco Silva Quotes

Marco Silva

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 12, 1977

We play sometimes against teams with more individual quality than us, better players, bigger budgets, whatever, but we try to play our football. We don't try to change too much in our philosophy, in our model.

Marco Silva

It's impossible, when one team and one player is afraid of something that might happen in a match, they will not play well, they will not have 100 per cent confidence.

Marco Silva

In my career I have achieved important titles.

Marco Silva

For me, it's ambition. You want more, always. When you achieve one step you need to get the second step.

Marco Silva

I have one idea: if you play better then you have a better chance to win. So my teams are dominant and I want them to be like that.

Marco Silva

The results are one thing but it's important for me how we achieve the results.

Marco Silva

Being a manager is more than a job. It's my passion. From the moment I wake up in the morning it's my passion.

Marco Silva

Football is not just about physical, technical, tactical. It's mental, really.

Marco Silva

It's important to know as much as I can about the players.

Marco Silva

I don't have doubts that Everton is a big club.

Marco Silva

If I have an idea of football, and I am the manager, it doesn't make sense for the club to find players with a different profile.

Marco Silva

With good relationships and a good environment, you can achieve things more easily.

Marco Silva

To see professionals working hard every day, making a big commitment to the club with a desire to improve every day is something I want. That's the only way they can play with me.

Marco Silva

I can't just look at my position as a job. It's my passion.

Marco Silva

All of us, we know, not just in football but in life, that we cannot achieve important things without consistency.

Marco Silva

I have an ambition to win and you always must use it to drive you.

Marco Silva

I know a manager doesn't ever have time to look long-term. You have to support everything with results.

Marco Silva

As a 26-year-old player I had tried to understand why I was doing certain things and why the coach was telling me to do certain things. I started to view myself as a coach would.

Marco Silva

I took a big risk to come to Hull, I have to be honest. But I loved it there, I really did. Great club and great people.

Marco Silva