Unai Emery Quotes

Unai Emery

Profession : Coach

Birth : November 3, 1971

I need to learn to smile more.

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A smile is better when you win.

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The best success, for me, is not one trophy. It's not harmony. It's when players improve and grow.

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You need confidence to play under pressure.

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I have met Stan and Josh Kroenke, and it's clear they have great ambitions for the club and are committed to bringing future success. I'm excited about what we can do together, and I look forward to giving everyone who loves Arsenal some special moments and memories.

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When I'm asked to define football, I always talk about emotions, the heart, love. It's something you feel deep down inside when you enter a stadium, raise your eyes, and look at the stands, the fans coming in.

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I respect Bielsa a lot. For me, he is a special coach. I think the best coaches in the world work in different things, and a lot of coaches, we cannot train like Bielsa. It's difficult to train like Bielsa. But every coach can learn from different coaches. But with Bielsa, I think all coaches learn something from him.

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When I was a player, all the pressures I felt created a lot of anxiety in me. I didn't know how to manage that on my own. I think I was missing someone - a manager, no doubt - who could teach me to control my emotions.

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I like to make a tour round the pitch before games to look at the architecture, the colours in the stadium, the sky, to feel the atmosphere growing.

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I need to continue reading books, and I like to learn about different people in the world, different people with success in and outside of football.

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I respect a lot the players: their hair and their hair colour.

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We need to push. We need to have ambition. We need to have desire to improve every day.

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My first target is not to win: it's to develop young players with our work. That was my first idea when I started as a coach, because with this work come results.

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Every player has their challenge to help the team. They all have a challenge individually and collectively to improve.

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Implication is a cumulative process that generates union in the team and mutual respect. Either we all work, or let's just burst the ball.

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I was a second-division B player, and I've had to work very hard. I tell the players, 'The moment we stop working hard on this, as soon as we stop dedicating hours to this, we'll fall.'

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When I work with players, whether their level is higher or lower, for me the most important thing is to know the person, what is in their heart.

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My dad always said you have to value and respect the responsibility you've been given. When I coach, I take that responsibility seriously because I know people have trusted in me, and there are thousands of supporters whose emotions are bound up in what we do.

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I want every player to stay with the mentality and preparation to play together to win.

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Wherever I've been, I've tried to soak up the essence of the club, the town, and to transmit that to the players.

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