Nuno Espirito Santo Professions : Athlete Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Nuno Espirito Santo In Portugal, seeing a black cat is a bad sign; it's bad luck. But they tell me if it crosses from left to right, it's good luck. But I don't like black cats! Nuno Espirito Santo cats good me black All coaches say, 'We want to control the game. We want the ball. Blah, blah, blah, blah,' but it's impossible to have the ball all the time. Nuno Espirito Santo control game impossible time You have to be ready for anything and everything and accept everything the way things are. Nuno Espirito Santo everything accept you way I truly believe you have to take things as they come, win or lose, and keep believing in how you want to do things and how you want to play. Nuno Espirito Santo win you win-or-lose believe Every team and club has its own personal goals and objectives, and I'm only concerned about mine. Nuno Espirito Santo goals personal own team Time is always important; sometimes time doesn't always go along with patience. It is always important. You have to deal with it. It's part of football. Every decision is judged. Nuno Espirito Santo you time patience football Our ambition is to win every game regardless of the opponent. Nuno Espirito Santo opponent game win ambition I consider myself a happy person, yes. Nuno Espirito Santo person myself happy-person happy I want to thank everybody for every day that I have spent at Valencia CF. It has been an honour and a source of pride for me. Nuno Espirito Santo every-day day me pride Every game is a chance to improve. Nuno Espirito Santo improve every game chance I live in peace. Nuno Espirito Santo live peace Sometimes a polemic tweeter is more important than a normal view. Nuno Espirito Santo view more important sometimes What you have to become is really strong in what you do. That's the point of building a team. You don't know any other way - it would be absurd to do it any other way. Nuno Espirito Santo you team strong way What sells more, criticism or compliments? What do people like more? They enjoy blood. Nuno Espirito Santo enjoy criticism blood people I have this absurd feeling that I can win every game with any team. Nuno Espirito Santo feeling game win team I'm a coach who likes to have the ball, but what I really think is, 'How can you be in charge of the game?' I think, but maybe I am the only one, that the defensive process can take care of the game. Why is that? Because teams wait to defend. If you create something where you go to defend, to steal the ball where you want, it's different. Nuno Espirito Santo wait i-am game you I love watching the Premier League. Nuno Espirito Santo i-love premier-league watching love I was a goalkeeper, but through my career, I spent almost as much time sitting on the bench as I did playing. Nuno Espirito Santo goalkeeper career sitting time When you realise that the ball is faster than you, you say to yourself, 'OK, I love the game. I want to go on in this game, but not as a player.' Nuno Espirito Santo yourself game you love I learned a lot from the coaches I played for. Nuno Espirito Santo learned lot played coaches Similar Authors Brian Urlacher athlete Brendan Brazier athlete Bill Rodgers athlete Aimee Mullins athlete Ivana Trump athlete Adam Goucher athlete All Authors
