Unai Emery Quotes

Unai Emery

Profession : Coach

Birth : November 3, 1971

Being manager means living in the middle of the media attention, through praise and critics. This is something I live with. It's intense and very demanding.

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It was very risky and quite courageous to write a book about winning when I was still to win my first title. But for me, the one who possesses a winning mentality isn't necessarily the one who wins in the end but the one who wants to win the most.

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Arsenal is known and loved throughout the world for its style of play, its commitment to young players, the fantastic stadium, the way the club is run.

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I speak to lots of coaches, but those are private conversations.

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How do you develop? I think that's about battling for every title. That's something that is in Arsenal's history, and it's in my history as well. And I want that to continue.

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The Premier League is at the top, and everyone wants to be in the top leagues.

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We all need to give 100%, and that's what I'm looking for from every player and myself.

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Before Wenger came, Arsenal celebrated 1-0 and were based on defensive solidity. With Arsene, joy came from attacking, with players of good standing. And the perfect combination was the Invincibles. But over time, only technical quality and offensive freedom were taken care of, losing the defensive structure.

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Arsenal was in a decline. We had to stop this and begin climbing.

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Usually, I don't look behind; every day, I'm looking at the next matches - what's in front.

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Every coach wants to win, but it's not easy to do that.

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My idea is to know every player and to know, also, the personality of the players.

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Defensive moments are for each and every player.

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My first thing with every club I have worked in is to get a personal relationship with the players and then build a professional one.

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If you play every time, long balls, you lose possession and you lose momentum. I don't want to be like that.

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My concentration with players is the next match, focus only to work for the next match and how we can win.

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I think, in football, you need to be competitive. You need quality. You need to be organised and to push.

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