I have only been here since 1996 but between 1966 and 1996 England had thirty years without foreign players and didn't win any more competitions in that time. Arsene Wenger More Quotes by Arsene Wenger More Quotes From Arsene Wenger Sometimes you have to swallow the unswallowable. Arsene Wenger sometimes It is one of my biggest regrets that Niall Quinn was not here during my time... I felt he was an intelligent player. It would have been a good combination with Thierry Henry. What I like with Quinn is if you look at the player who played next to him, he always scored 40 goals because he had a hand for his head and he just put the ball where you were. He was a team player. A top-class player makes other players look good and he had that player. Arsene Wenger regretfootballsoccer If somebody stamps on your head in that way, you wouldn't say, 'Thank you very much, can I turn the other cheek'. Only Jesus Christ did that. Arsene Wenger wayjesuschrist Gerard Houllier's thoughts on the matter international football echo mine. He thinks that what the national coaches are doing is like taking the car from his garage without even asking permission. They will then use the car for ten days and abandon it in a field without any petrol left in the tank. We then have to recover it, but it is broken down. Then a month later they will come to take your car again, and for good measure you're expected to be nice about it. Arsene Wenger nicefootballthinking The real revelation of a player's character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life I can hide my real personality. Arsene Wenger realsoccercharacter Any man who concentrates his energies totally on one passion is, by definition, someone who hurts the people close to him. Arsene Wenger passionhurtsoccer At some clubs success is accidental. At Arsenal it is compulsory. Arsene Wenger compulsoryarsenalclubs We played a whole season unbeaten but you did not see me every week jumping on the tables. Once it's over it's over and you do in the next one as well as you can. Plenty of managers who have won the Champions League will not be considered great managers. Arsene Wenger jumpingfootballsoccer Work on your strong points because they are what made you. Arsene Wenger strongfootballsoccer I believe one of the best things about managing people is that we can influence lives in a positive way. That's basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I am very happy. Arsene Wenger believepeopleway In my job, you expect to suffer. That's why when I go to hell one day, it will be less painful for me than you, because I'm used to suffering. Arsene Wenger one-daysufferingjobs For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal. Arsene Wenger motivationgoalneeds When you represent a club it's about values and qualities, not about passports. Arsene Wenger passportsclubsquality As far as I'm concerned, this guy should never play football again. The answer you normally get after a tackle like that is 'he is not the type of guy who does that.' It's like a guy who kills one time in his life - it's enough. You have a dead person. This tackle is absolutely horrendous. Arsene Wenger playfootballsoccer People who work make the world live better and to reward these people well is normal. Yet they are not the people who are the wealthiest. Arsene Wenger rewardspeopleworld A company works best when everybody does the job he is paid to do. Arsene Wenger doejobssoccer If I were going to war I would want to be alongside an Englishman not a Frenchman. The Frenchman would think too much. Arsene Wenger footballsoccerwar I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always. Arsene Wenger teamfootballsports I think in England you eat too much sugar and meat and not enough vegetables. Arsene Wenger ice-creamvegetablesthinking The communist model does not work economically, we all realised that, but the capitalist model in the modern world also looks to be unsustainable. Arsene Wenger doelooksworld
