Tite Quotes

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Profession : Coach

Birth : May 25, 1961

You don't pay for winning like that - whether it's the World Cup, whether it's the Brazilian national team. Paying the price with someone's health or rushing someone's recovery, we don't do that.

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It is inhumane to put sole responsibility on one athlete.

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Coaches are always looking to evolve.

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When you demand performance, players raise their game technically. But if you put all the emphasis on results, that brings their level down.

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I'm a coach who demands performance of the highest level. Maybe that's the fuel the national team needs to keep on developing.

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The Olympic Games provided players like Neymar, Marquinhos, Gabriel Jesus and Renato Augusto with some really valuable experience and ended up improving the performance of the Brazilian national team.

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The ability to deal with pressure is hugely important.

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When you have three different coaches in the same qualifying competition, there are bound to be things that don't work smoothly.

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In an individual sport you can always plan your ideal peak, but in a team sport the experience of playing in the qualifiers makes you stronger as a unit.

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I do not even know the limit of Neymar. His technical and creative ability is impressive. When we release him in the last third of the field, he's lethal.

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A football match should never be settled with the horror of penalties. I don't see that as a valid result. For me, there has to be another way.

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The greatest challenge of a World Cup is having mental fortitude. The pressure is immense.

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Having been at big clubs, when you sometimes don't produce, then don't expect the fans to understand. They will boo.

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When the national team plays there shouldn't be club games going on.

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When you are captain, how to project yourself.

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Alisson is an excellent goalkeeper.

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I respect opinions, I don't give opinions on them. I learnt to respect them. And I also have a very clear opinion on Rivaldo. He was a great player and the image that comes to me is of him controlling the ball on the chest and scoring in Barcelona. The most beautiful thing in this world. That's my opinion.

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We are aware of the responsibility to win, but we have to take responsibility with joy.

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We must understand the fans, they want to see goals. If I was in their place I'd want the same. It's understandable.

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You must have a good structure, and not just change things based on pressure and need for a result.

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