Quotes from Andre Villas-Boas

I'm a manager who respects club policy.

I got an offer from Paris Saint-Germain, who wanted me, but I said no out of love for Tottenham. Maybe that was a mistake.

I spent seven years with Jose and we were part of a very good technical staff. We went to top class clubs at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan and worked with top players who gave us such a tremendous volume of success.

I'm a peculiar type.

In the Champions League I'm no expert. Pep is the expert, he's won it twice as a manager.

Pep was always an inspiration to me when I left Inter because of his methodology, and the way he plays such fantastic football.

To be persistent and to have courage is important to get through difficult times and to achieve what you want to achieve.

Only teams with style succeed. But, in the end, success is normally what matters in modern Europe.

Tottenham I really enjoyed the first year, and by the time I left we had almost as many points as in the season before when we broke the points record. But these are things that people don't evaluate, only I know about.

I told players that when we score a goal, the bench lives through the same emotions and we celebrate with them, with the same desire.

I am not arrogant. I would never ask the player to celebrate with me.

Celebrations are for the players to express themselves.

Everyone around the world watches Bayern.

I am not the clone of anyone.

Coaching in England was a positive experience but also many negative things happened.

Football isn't won by one person but by collective competence. It is the quality of the players and the structure of the club.

After Chelsea it was important to choose somewhere I was surrounded with the right people and commitment.

If you are a dictator of choices, players won't be able to explore their possibilities to the full. You have to be able to free them.

Strong teams are consistent when they have their best players available - you always want a stronger team than the one before.

It is about the players that take us to success. When they feel your convictions you can sell them your ideas a bit better and take them to important results.

Sometimes whatever you say to players is not enough to convince them your choice is the right one.

I wouldn't criticise Carlo Ancelotti.

I'm not a guy who is able to criticise anyone in public but I am not a guy who promotes individuals in public.

We don't see the game as a tactical game.