Tottenham Hotspur

“Same coach, different players.”

— Tottenham, asked why his side kept losing leads, 2021

“Don't ask me what mistakes they are but I realise that during my career I have made mistakes. And I'm not going to make the same mistakes. I'm going to make new mistakes.”

— Tottenham, at his first press conference, 2019

“I was always humble but you didn't understand that.”

— Tottenham, at his first press conference, asked whether he had changed, 2019

“I love intelligent ball boys, like I was. I was a brilliant ball boy as a kid. This kid today was brilliant. He reads the game, understands the game and made an important assist.”

— Tottenham, praising the ball boy whose quick throw set up an equaliser against Olympiacos, 2019

“A team of good boys, a team of nice boys, the only thing they can win at the end of the season is the Fair Play Cup. Something I have never won and have no interest in winning that.”

— Tottenham, asked about a half-time argument between two of his players, 2020

“So the stats, many, many times are like an incredible piece of meat or fish but badly cooked. It doesn't tell me much.”

— Tottenham, answering criticism of his side’s low possession at Liverpool, 2020

“I know that Mike Dean has a difficult job. He's on the pitch and it's 200 miles an hour. I wouldn't like to be a referee because it's so difficult. Sometimes I try in training sessions and I realise that it's too difficult.”

— Tottenham, defending the referee after beating Manchester City, 2020

“No no no. I have years of football experience and it is not a couple of victories that put me on the moon and it is not a couple of defeats that send me down to hell.”

— Tottenham, asked whether a bright start made them title contenders, 2020

“I really like this squad and looking to the young players – there is not one manager in the world that doesn't like to play young players and to help young players to develop – not one.”

— Tottenham, in his first interview after being appointed, 2019