Arsene Wenger Quotes

If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all.

When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren't the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation.

To achieve great things you have first to believe it.

I'm not scared to spend money. If you go out with me one night, you will understand that.

The biggest things in life have been achieved by people who, at the start, we would have judged crazy. And yet if they had not had these crazy ideas the world would have been more stupid.

Have Tottenham closed the gap on Arsenal? Last time I checked they were still 4 miles and 11 titles away

Nobody has enough talent to live on talent alone. Even when you have talent, a life without work goes nowhere.

A football team is a like a beautiful woman, when you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful

I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.

Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.

When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes and not more intelligent.

We don't sign superstars, we make them.

You weren’t world-class when Arsenal signed you.

Sometimes you have to swallow the unswallowable.

No matter how much money you earn, you can only eat three meals a day and sleep in one bed.

I've told him to cut off his ponytail. I think it makes him less aerodynamic.

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.

I am still hopeful we can go through the season unbeaten - a frightening thought.

For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal.

Football is an art, like dancing is an art - but only when it's well done does it become an art.

When I first came to Arsenal, I realised the back four were all university graduates in the art of defending. As for Tony Adams, I consider him to be a doctor of defence. He is simply outstanding.

You cannot play for Arsenal and give up, no matter what the score is.

A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.'

When you represent a club it's about values and qualities, not about passports.

Any man who concentrates his energies totally on one passion is, by definition, someone who hurts the people close to him.

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

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.

It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.

The communist model does not work economically, we all realised that, but the capitalist model in the modern world also looks to be unsustainable.

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.

I think generally the Japanese players have more intensity in practice but generally I do the same things.

Who is the Best Player in the World? Leo Messi. Who is the Best Player Ever? Leo Messi!

Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home.

As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.

It's like a child who is used to having ice cream whenever he wants. When it doesn't come when he asks he tends to get confused and nervous.

If you eat caviar every day it's difficult to return to sausages.

I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential.

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.

You build a player like you build a house. You start with the foundations. The fundamentals.

A company works best when everybody does the job he is paid to do.

In England you have a good phrase. It is 'to bring the game into disrepute.

I have been accused of not taking seriously the FA Cup on Saturday ... I have won four times the FA Cup. Who has won it more? Give me one name.

Gerard is an open-minded and passionate man. I am the opposite: stubborn and stupid. But sometimes stupid behaviour makes you win.

At some clubs success is accidental. At Arsenal it is compulsory.

Of course, we also have the responsibility to win games and the difficulty in the job is to combine both.

Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know.

You cannot say that you are happy when you don't win.

My job is to give people who work hard all week something to enjoy on Saturdays and Wednesdays.

What makes him special? He has a mixture of physical talent and technical ability, as well as remarkable intelligence and above all a great passion for the game.

Their diet is basically boiled vegetables, fish and rice. No fat, no sugar. You notice when you live there that there are no fat people.