Ernesto Valverde Quotes

There's no point in playing well and losing.

I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you?

If they don't score, we can't lose.

You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results.

You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.

The team that gets to play to their plan is usually the team that has the most success.

Put the fight on the court, and you will have a chance to win.

What we can control is our performance and our execution, and that's what we're going to focus on.

I'm not too worried about points and all that stuff. It's about making the right play.

The opponent has the chance to win the match, and I have a chance to win the match. It's open, and I have just to do everything I can there.

Words are fine, but the most important thing is what happens on the pitch.

In the world of football only the results are important.

Some people say there is a beauty about defending. Beauty is nice, but the most important thing is success.

I think more about preparation than numbers. If I'm well prepared, there will be results.

I want to control everything that goes into winning or losing.

If you are busy with a good performance, something you can control, then the chance to win the game is much bigger.

If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.

Scoring isn't the only thing in this game.

Talk is cheap; play the game.

To win is not important. To be successful is not even important. How to plan and prepare is crucial. When you plan very well and prepare very well, then success can come on the way. Then winning can come on your way.

Whoever plays well on a given day, that player wins.

You don't win on emotion. You win on execution.

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.