Whenever you lose, it's always bad, and especially against Barcelona.
Rafael Benitez
There are many coaches who talk about referees every day.
I go to the training ground early in the morning, between 7:30 A.M. and 8:30 A.M. Not just me, my staff. Then, sometimes I leave at 8 P.M. or 6 P.M.
For me, there is only one club in England, and that's Liverpool.
I have to do what I have to do so that we can win games.
In football, it is a question sometimes of the mentality, understanding the players, the atmosphere, the confidence.
Wenger is a great manager, a great person, someone who knows the league here in England.
Everyone has to have the same targets, and the fans are very important for every team, for the motivation of the players. It's the same in every club.
How can you change things when you are under pressure? You don't tell a player who keeps giving the ball away not to touch the ball; you keep training and working hard.
In all my time in England, I have never come up against a fragile Man United team.
If you spend £200million, £300m every year, obviously, even if you make mistakes, you have a good team, but without spending so much money, you can still improve and do well.
I would say the Geordie accent and the scouse accent are similar in terms of I don't understand anything!
I am consistent rather than courageous.
Inter did not treat me well. They did not recognise my value despite me winning the Italian Super Cup and the Club World Cup.
In England, there is a tradition of playing on Saturday. But in Spain, I won the UEFA Cup with Valencia playing on Thursday and Sunday, which was just the same.
Whenever people say things about me, it always comes back to Liverpool - but I cannot just become 'the former manager.' I am a professional football manager.
What features in a midfielder am I after? Players who have the mindset to win every game - then we can start to talk about the technical quality.
It is always difficult, but when you have been a manager for a while with different teams, sometimes you were only playing once a week, trying to avoid relegation. When you have experience, you know all about the different feelings. Clearly, I would prefer to be fighting for the title or for the Champions League, but you must accept the situation.
We want to win trophies and be in the record books.
I like working on the pitch, staying focused.
Sometimes you have to praise players.
I don't think where they live is important to footballers.
When someone gets angry during a training session but then does their job, there's no problem; it's fine.
Competition in football means someone will improve.
I don't spend all day thinking about football. But a large part of it, yeah.
Chelsea is a big club with fantastic players; every manager wants to coach a such a big team. But I would never take that job, in respect for my former team at Liverpool, no matter what.
I am a Madrid fan.
The fans say you can do this and that, but you have to analyse the potential of the team with your staff. Will it be enough to be at the top until the end of the season? You never know.
I have been doing this for a long ,and it is the players who learn who you need to work with. You have to coach them to think and understand the game. If they cannot, then you have to tell them, 'You have to do this anyway,' but the best thing to do is say, 'Listen, if he is doing this, then maybe you have to do that.'
There are massive clubs with massive amounts of money, and Liverpool were always a little bit behind. But if you create a good team, a good atmosphere, and work hard, you can get there. You can win trophies.
Having the family around is always very important because they are supportive. If you have a good day, you can enjoy it together. And if you have a bad day, you always find something as a distraction with your children, because they are normally happy.
Real Madrid approach each match and each competition with the idea of winning it.
I love the Beatles.
Always you will miss something if you have to go, because you are trying to improve players who are people. You talk with them and work with them every day. You will miss them.
When you play against a top side, you know they will have more possession, and they will be in more control, and you have to find one or two counterattacks.
I was under pressure in my first season at Valencia, and we won the title. Two years later, I was under more pressure there, and we won the title and the UEFA Cup.
I like 'Only Fools and Horses' and 'Father Ted.'
I was lucky to see Di Stefano, on the pitch, in person. He was a winner, as is Raul.
When I arrived at Liverpool, the budget was £20m gross. When I left, it was £17m, but still people said I must win the title. Manchester United had around £50m more every year, but they said I must compete against them.
You go to Madrid, you have four or five teams at the maximum level. You go to Milan, and it's the same. Napoli is similar to Newcastle in terms of everyone supporting one club in the city. It's positive and unique when you have that.
As a manager, I have to keep calm.
The most important thing is that my players work well. What people say on the outside is not important.
I have to concentrate on my job and try to do my best in the things that I know. Coaching the team and trying to have a winning mentality.
I come from a Napoli team who scored 104 goals. Do you think I'm going to be hyper-defensive with Real Madrid? A team that creates chances and is great in possession is not defensive.
To improve teams like Newcastle, if you do the right things, it is enough to be stronger and bigger and compete.
I have always had sympathy for Atletico Madrid because, among other things, I have friends there, and my father always liked Atletico.
When you make a mistake, and the team is not doing well in defence, then the centre-backs and the 'keeper suffer more than the others.
You cannot win every year.
I knew off by heart the names of the Real Madrid team that played Liverpool in the European Cup final of 1981.
There is no Benitez 'method.' We try to be more solid in defense without losing the quality in attack.
