Wenger Quotes

If I go into a season and I say, 'For f***'s sake, if we don't win anything, they will all leave,' I have already lost. The problem of the media is always to imagine the worst. The problem of the manager is always to imagine the best. ~ Arsene Wenger

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. ~ Arsene Wenger

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. ~ Arsene Wenger

I do not think about the national team too much because footballistically it is not of too much interest. ~ Arsene Wenger

I would be much more annoyed if we hadn't won the game. As a manager, you have to see the positives and I think Pires has a vaccine for the rest of his life. ~ Arsene Wenger

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.' ~ Arsene Wenger

Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them. ~ Arsene Wenger

In a competitive world, not everybody can follow the pace; you will leave people out. We now accept that we must take care of these people. You cannot let them die in the streets; people will not accept it. And that is right, too. ~ Arsene Wenger

I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential. ~ Arsene Wenger

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. ~ Arsene Wenger

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. ~ Arsene Wenger

Knowledge management will never work
until corporations realize it's not about
how you capture knowledge but
how you create and leverage it. ~ Etienne Wenger

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

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

Tottenham tried to sign me but I held off and came to Arsenal because Arsene Wenger was here. ~ Emmanuel Petit

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

Arsene Wenger's idea is not only to play good football. It's to play good football to win. In my day, we knew that with our style we could hurt teams and win trophies too. But we did it our way, with the positional game, passing, movement. ~ Dennis Bergkamp

Work on your strong points because they are what made you. ~ Arsene Wenger

I take pride in the fact that people go home having felt that for 90 minutes today, life is beautiful - and that's it, basically. That's why professional football exists. ~ Arsene Wenger

Messi is a Playstation. ~ Arsene Wenger

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

To achieve great things you have first to believe it. ~ Arsene Wenger

If somebody stamps on your head in that way, you wouldn't say, 'thank you very much' and turn the other cheek. Only Jesus Christ did that. ~ Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger was talking about comparisons with Johan Cruyff, a player who only comes around every 10 years and Thierry Henry is definitely one of those ~ Gordon Strachan

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

Arsene Wenger is sitting on the hot chair ~ Bobby Gould

If you don't question the officials' role then you've got to ask what they are doing ~ Arsene Wenger

My coach confirmed to me my impression that he uses a different measuring stick to evaluate Almunia. For me, this was a huge disappointment. That has forced me to think about my situation. I have to ask myself what is still realistic and possible for me at Arsenal? When Wenger says something like that, it's going to be difficult for me to get back in here. It's very frustrating. When I see the performances on the field, I get angry and I have to clench my fist in my pocket. ~ Jens Lehmann

So, Arsenal have signed Arsene Wenger because his name sounds a bit like the club. How long before Man Utd sign Stefan Kuntz? ~ Frank Skinner

It's a strange atmosphere always over there, it is darker and less glamorous, and you don't feel as high. It is a different kind of test - can you raise your level in a less exciting environment and perhaps still a very difficult one? ~ Arsene Wenger

When God passed out patience, I was too impatient to wait in line. ~ Christine Wenger

I'm not Arsene Wenger. We're different. I want to win ~ Roberto Mancini

The background looks like a lot of red cards. ~ Arsene Wenger

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. ~ Arsene Wenger

If you have the money and you find the one player who can make you win and make the difference, no matter how expensive he is, you should do it. But there are not many players in the world who will make a real difference. ~ Arsene Wenger

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

If I left I would feel a deserter - like the guy who walks away from the army once there is a war. I am highly committed to this club. I love what I do here and love the spirit of the team. ~ Arsene Wenger

We didn't think he would play on Sunday because he was suspended - that makes me think he has all the qualities to join Arsenal! ~ Arsene Wenger

At some clubs success is accidental. At Arsenal it is compulsory. ~ Arsene Wenger

For us it is not comparable, the FA Cup and Champions League,' Arsène Wenger said before Arsenal played Leeds in the FA Cup. 'The Champions League is compulsory. The FA Cup is something that is for enjoyment … The basis of our life at the top level is dictated by the championship. If we can add on top of that the FA Cup it is fantastic. ~ Nick Hornby

You weren't world-class when Arsenal signed you. ~ Arsene Wenger

What motivates me is an ideal of thinking about how football should be. And to try to get near this way of playing. And to try to improve all aspects of my personality that can help me get near this ideal way of playing football. ~ Arsene Wenger

Nobody will finish above us in the league. It wouldn't surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the season. ~ Arsene Wenger

Spare me the articles about how nice Shawcross is because that was a horrendous tackle. People say we don't fancy the physical side of it, but this is the result. If you see a player getting injured like that, it's not acceptable. ~ Arsene Wenger

One of the things I discovered in Japan was from watching sumo wrestling. At the end you can never tell who has won the fight, and who has lost, because they do not show their emotion because it could embarrass the loser. It is unbelievable. That is why I try to teach my team politeness. It is only here in England that everybody pokes their tongue out when they win. ~ Arsene Wenger

If you gave Arsene Wenger eleven players and told him to pick his team, this would be it. ~ Andy Gray

It is one of my biggest regrets that Niall Quinn was not here during my time ... I felt he was an intelligent player. It would have been a good combination with Thierry Henry. What I like with Quinn is if you look at the player who played next to him, he always scored 40 goals because he had a hand for his head and he just put the ball where you were. He was a team player. A top-class player makes other players look good and he had that player. ~ Arsene Wenger

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. ~ Arsene Wenger

Meaningful learning in a community requires both participation and reification to be present and in interplay. Sharing artifacts without engaging in discussions and activities around them impairs the ability to negotiate the meaning of what is being shared. Interacting without producing artifacts makes learning depend on individual interpretation and memory and can limit its depth, extent, and impact. Both participation and reification are necessary. Sometimes one process may dominate the other, or the two processes may not be well integrated. The challenge of this polarity is for communities to successfully cycle between the two. ~ Etienne Wenger

Our knowing - even of the most unexceptional kind - is always too big, too rich, too an cient, and too connected for us to be the source of it individually. At the same time, our knowing - even of the most elevated kind - is too en gaged, too precise, too tailored, too active, and too experiential for it to be just of a generic size. The experience of knowing is no less unique, no less creative, and no less extraordinary for being one of participa tion. As a matter of fact, on the face of it, it would probably not amount to much otherwise. ~ Etienne Wenger

Wenger has been Arsenal's coach for 15 years but he hasn't won even a Carling Cup for six years. Benitez hasn't won a league title in six years but they continue to keep him as Liverpool's coach. This is not the Italian mentality. To stay here I must continue winning and do well. ~ Jose Mourinho

Sometimes you have to swallow the unswallowable ~ Arsene Wenger

What makes daily life interesting is that we try to transform it to something that is close to art. ~ Arsene Wenger

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. ~ Arsene Wenger

I'll never forget the club or him I don't see Arsenal without Arsene Wenger ~ Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry could take the ball in the middle of the park and score a goal that no one else in the world could score. ~ Arsene Wenger

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

If England had Fergie, Wenger or Mourinho in charge, they would win the World Cup. ~ Andy Gray

Arsene Wenger has got to unlock the purse strings ~ John Motson

Practice is a shared history of learning. Practice is conversational. 'Communities of Practice' are groups of people who share a concern (domain) or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better (practice) as they interact regularly (community). ~ Etienne Wenger

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. ~ Arsene Wenger

The chairmen of the largest companies in the world can cancel an appointment or move a board meeting; a manager cannot change the date of a game. In the combined 42 years that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have managed in English football, I can only remember one occasion when Sir Alex did not attend a Manchester United game. ~ Howard Wilkinson

As far as I'm concerned, this guy should never play football again. The answer you normally get after a tackle like that is 'he is not the type of guy who does that.' It's like a guy who kills one time in his life - it's enough. You have a dead person. This tackle is absolutely horrendous. ~ Arsene Wenger

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

If you buy a man who is half dead, everybody may be happy off the field, but on the field you'll have major problems ~ Arsene Wenger

I don't think it's because of my eyes, my beautiful eyes.
(on Henry staying at Arsenal for the money) ~ Arsene Wenger

Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together. ~ Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn't do auditions. ~ Zlatan Ibrahimovic

If I give you a good wine, you will see how it tastes and after you ask where it comes from. ~ Arsene Wenger

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

Everyone plays the ball over the top and, at the moment, we only concede goals from crosses or balls over the top. I feel we will adapt to that. ~ Arsene Wenger

The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money. ~ Arsene Wenger

I am, of course, delighted but there was never any doubt about Sol staying. ~ Arsene Wenger

In some ways England is more liberal than France, but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you have to accept the ways of where you live. I have to respect that. ~ Arsene Wenger

Emirates Stadium should be named after Arsene Wenger ~ Alan Pardew

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. ~ Arsene Wenger

English players are as easy to coach. The problem is that the Premier League has the best players in the world, and statistically not all of them can be born in England. But we don't have enough English players: we are working very hard on it. ~ Arsene Wenger

Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home. ~ Arsene Wenger

I'm French. I have not become an Englishman. I have the impression of living on an island called Arsenal. If you fancy a sightseeing tour of London, don't ask me. You would get lost. ~ Arsene Wenger

Having not had a chance to review the tape and obviously not been in the tunnel, I will take the Wenger amendment on this one for now. ~ Phil Cornwell

I know how important it is to have a helping hand. ~ Arsene Wenger

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

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

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

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. ~ Arsene Wenger

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

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

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. ~ Arsene Wenger

I didn't know the English were good at swimming. I have been in this country for 12 years and I haven't seen a swimming pool. ~ Arsene Wenger

I believe I do my job the way I have to do it. ~ Arsene Wenger

The score is high and very brutal but does not reflect what we saw on the pitch. The first shot on goal was a goal. The second was an own goal. The third was straight after half-time. They defend like mad and they catch us on the break. ~ Arsene Wenger

He made the impossible possible. ~ Arsene Wenger

I also think we live in a competitive world, and I love competition. ~ Arsene Wenger

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

We played a whole season unbeaten but you did not see me every week jumping on the tables. Once it's over it's over and you do in the next one as well as you can. Plenty of managers who have won the Champions League will not be considered great managers. ~ Arsene Wenger

Sir Alex, Mourinho, Wenger - none of them could have done
a better job at Wigan than Steve Bruce ... ~ Alvin Martin

In England, football is important for everybody. ~ Arsene Wenger

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

If I were going to war I would want to be alongside an Englishman not a Frenchman. The Frenchman would think too much. ~ Arsene Wenger

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