Vicente del Bosque Quotes

• A leader is admired, a boss is feared.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Leader, Boss

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• You watch the game, you don't see Busquets. You watch Busquets, you see the whole game.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Games, Watches, Whole

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• Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Football, Fashion, Emotional

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• I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Winning, Want, Coaches

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• Football has an important role to play in society. Players should have a sense of social responsibility, have a moral dimension to them which shows up in good conduct.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Football, Responsibility, Player

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• Technically he is perfect and he plays so naturally, almost without effort. It's like when Roger Federer plays tennis, he barely sweats.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Play, Sweat, Perfect

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• Sometimes people say that coach is a winner, but everyone wants to win. You must know how to behave in victory and in defeat, to look after what is our sport, football.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Sports, Football, Winning

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• No one knows anything about economics. It's the great lie of the economists. By contrast in football people might have contrasting opinions, each of which has some validity. But the economists always speak in conditionals - what a mess.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Football, Lying, People

  "Vicente del Bosque: Putting regional tensions aside has united Spain" by Jimmy Burns, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2012.

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• We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Football, Games, Behaviour

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• Messi or Ronaldo? I prefer Messi because he is more of a street player.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Player, Messi, Streets

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• We are in a world that is quite extremist and extremism makes more noise. Normality does not sell.

  Vicente del Bosque

  World, Noise, Doe

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• I realised that the political context had got worse since the 2010 World Cup. I tried to ignore it but I wanted, as a national coach - you may call this Utopia - to make Catalans and Basques feel good about supporting a Spanish side... to unite even the most sectarian and nationalist.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Feel Good, Political, May

  "Vicente del Bosque: Putting regional tensions aside has united Spain" by Jimmy Burns, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2012.

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• Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Team, Spain, Improvement

  "Vicente del Bosque: Putting regional tensions aside has united Spain" by Jimmy Burns, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2012.

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• The certainty that our football, the football of Spain, is recognised, that's very important to us - perhaps more important than the successes and the joy that you can create. Football hasn't always been appreciated, and luckily our football is appreciated now, at all levels of society.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Football, Joy, Important

  "Del Bosque's pride in leaving lasting impression". The UEFA.com Interview, www.uefa.com. June 30, 2012.

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• The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.

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  Winning, Interesting, Atmosphere

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• If I were a player, I would like to be like Busquets.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Player, Ifs

  "Euro 2012: Spain profile - Sergio Busquets" by Jordi Quixano, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2012.

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• I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.

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  Sports, Football, Mean

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• I think it is important to help our country's image outside of Spain.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Country, Thinking, Important

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• As with Cesc Fabregas, some players who go and play for foreign clubs improve on a cultural level. It makes them grow on many levels; intellectually, because you have to learn a new language and adapt to another culture, and on a footballing level too.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Player, Clubs, Culture

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