Arsène Wenger quotes

Arsène Wenger is a French football manager and former player, widely recognized for his long and successful tenure at Arsenal FC. Innovative tactics and a focus on developing young talent made his teams legendary in English football. He is remembered for revolutionizing the Premier League and leaving a lasting legacy in world football. Here are 89 of his quotes:

A football team is a like a beautiful woman, when you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful. (Arsène Wenger)
Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them. View quote
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We do not buy superstars. We make them. View quote
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No matter how much money you earn, you can only eat three meals a day and sleep in one bed. View quote
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Sometimes you have to swallow the unswallowable. View quote
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My job is to give people who work hard all week something to enjoy on Saturdays and Wednesdays. View quote
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Any man who concentrates his energies totally on one passion is, by definition, someone who hurts the people close to him. View quote
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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. View quote
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Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home. View quote
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As a non-Arsenal player I would say Ryan Giggs is my Premier League player of the decade because he has combined style with winning. Also I feel sorry he could never attend the World Cup, somewhere where people get a lot of compliments when they do well. View quote
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Fair play is an English word. It is not a French word, and it has been copied all over the world. Unfortunately, it does not function any more here. (Arsène Wenger)
If I give you a good wine, you will see how it tastes and after you ask where it comes from. View quote
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The background looks like a lot of red cards. View quote
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I am still hopeful we can go through the season unbeaten - a frightening thought. View quote
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In England, football is important for everybody. View quote
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Everybody has a different opinion in this league and nobody is a prophet. I personally don't know who will win the league. I managed 1,600 games so, if Nani knows, he must be 1,600 times more intelligent than I am. View quote
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Gérard [Houllier's] thoughts on the matter echo mine. He thinks that what the national coaches are doing is like taking the car from his garage without even asking permission. They will then use the car for ten days and abandon it in a field without any petrol left in the tank. We then have to recover it, but it is broken down. Then a month later they will come to take your car again, and for good measure you're expected to be nice about it. View quote
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If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all. View quote
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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. View quote
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When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes and not more intelligent. View quote
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When you're dealing with someone who only has a pair of underpants on, if you take his underpants off, he has nothing left - he's naked. You're better off trying to find him a pair of trousers to complement him rather than change him. (Arsène Wenger)
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. View quote
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For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal. View quote
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I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region. View quote
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If you eat caviar every day it's difficult to return to sausages. View quote
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Arsène Wenger

Arsène Wenger - Image
Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: French Coach
Born: October 22, 1949
Quotes count: 89
Wikipedia: Arsène Wenger

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