Top 100 Pep Quotes

It’s really amazing what Pep Guardiola has done at Man City.

I experienced how Pep Guardiola worked every day. He had football on his mind round the clock: ‘What system does the opponent like to play? How do I want to set up my team, who do I want in which position?’

Alex Ferguson, Mourinho, Pep you can always see the vision.

Pep always keeps inventing new things. He is magic. I hope he can win the Champions League with City.

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

Pep is a great manager who sees football in another way. He lives football and breathes football. The way he thinks about the game is completely different to other managers.

I am reading the biography of Pep Guardiola. I find it really interesting.

In Germany, we laugh at it. Mourinho just selects a topic to moan about – transfers, team preparation, a rival coach. But Pep Guardiola wants it all to be about the performance of his team. He’s obsessed by possession, like at Bayern Munich, and will not compromise on that at Manchester City.

I just can’t resist mutton biryani. It’s something I’ve loved eating as a child too. Whenever I’m feeling low, I just pep myself with some good biryani.

When Joan Rivers walked through the curtain on ‘The Tonight Show,’ nobody in my house was allowed to utter a sound. Her gait was full of pep and purpose and her voice unmatched.

I like the Klopp mentality but at the same time, I like the Pep culture about football because always we need intensity with and without the ball.

I just can’t resist mutton biryani. It’s something I’ve loved eating as a child too. Whenever I’m feeling low, I just pep myself with some good biryani.

I would say Pep Guardiola’s No. 1 quality is that he sees the technical and tactical aspect of a game really fast.

Pep Guardiola is a very ambitious manager; that’s a reason why he has been able to win all the trophies he has won in his career.

People say, ‘Pep won in Barca, but it was boring,’ or, ‘Pep won in Bayern, but it was boring.’ I understand that. But games won, goals scored, goals conceded, titles… sorry, guys, it was good!

Working under Pep Guardiola, a chance like that doesn’t come along too often. That’s no disrespect to Mauricio Pochettino, but the people that Pep has worked with grow as players.

All of you know how Pep Guardiola is as a manager… he is the best coach in history.

Pep and his staff work very hard, not just on the training pitch but also with the analysis of opponents, and now, of course, we understand more how he wants to play.

There were many good reasons to move to Bayern, and Pep Guardiola was definitely one of them.

Pep Guardiola had some great clashes with Klopp in German football. They know each other well.

When Pep was at Barcelona, I was so young, 16 or 17 years old. I went to training a lot, and Pep Guardiola told me a lot of things, but I didn’t stay in the first team. He is an amazing coach, and if he comes to the Premier League, I think he will win a lot of titles.

Every club has legends, and at Barcelona, Cruyff and Pep are going to be spoken about forever, knowing what they’ve achieved and in what style.

We’re a long way away from someone like Willie Pep winning a round without throwing a punch.

If you walk into the room, and you’re smiling and have a pep in your step, people are going to be drawn to you. If you walk into a room and you’re sad and you look insecure, it’s bad energy.

I am reading the biography of Pep Guardiola. I find it really interesting.

Everyone knows Pep and what he can do.

Everyone knows Pep Guardiola is a great professional, but getting to know him, I have realised he is an even better person.

I signed for City in 2013 but I’ve never met Pep Guardiola or any of the first-team players.

I wish Pep Guardiola the best. I rate him.

I usually think to do pep talks on Twitter if I’m on the road, at home and my girlfriend is out of town, or if I’m at home and up later then my girlfriend and our dog Bizzy – like, if they’re both asleep but I’m kind of wired.

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

Pep trusted me, and I felt that trust. He won a lot of things, and I learned a lot from him during his Barcelona period.

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are the two best teachers in the world.

Under Pep Guardiola, it’s hard work. For me, Guardiola is one of the best coaches I’ve ever met. He’s incredibly clever and tactically really good, and he knows how to speak to us, how to motivate us, and that’s what it is like.

Pep has made me understand the game more: not just how I play but also how the team has to play, because I am just a component.

Personally, I would like to face Barcelona in every game because it gives you so much motivation and you learn a lot from it. Pep Guardiola is a really important person in the history of their club. He has a winning mentality and that is fundamental.

The role of a goalkeeper in Pep’s team is like the 11th outfield player on the pitch, in terms of the build-up, the pressing. I think it’s more difficult. There is a bigger responsibility because you can’t afford to make any mistakes. If you do, it probably ends in an opposition goal.

You cannot compare Pep to any Brazilian coach. If you put all Brazilian coaches together, you would get Pep. One has motivational skills, another is tactically strong. But Pep has it all.

One of the positive things about Pep is that he is so close with his staff – they support him in every situation, and we, as players, have huge contact with them.

When you see Pep on TV or read his words in the newspaper, it is the portrait of a man who is the ultimate professional. But when you work with him, you don’t just come to see him as a coach. You learn about his qualities as a man. It is that side of Pep Guardiola that the people on the outside don’t get to see.

I usually think to do pep talks on Twitter if I’m on the road, at home and my girlfriend is out of town, or if I’m at home and up later then my girlfriend and our dog Bizzy – like, if they’re both asleep but I’m kind of wired.

I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster.

It’s always fascinating to watch Pep Guardiola teams.

Pep Guardiola tactically brings a gift that is second to none in the world.

I wouldn’t undervalue my year under Pep Guardiola because I think I made a big step forward in that year.

Everybody wants to play for Pep.

For me, it’s been a treat to interact with authors who were publishing when I was a young reader. Judy Blume once gave me a pep talk at a writing conference. I had a short story featured in the same anthology as Beverly Cleary. Magic.

Jogi Low and Pep Guardiola both know exactly how to deal with me. To receive criticism from big coaches even delights me a bit.

Pep Guardiola had some great clashes with Klopp in German football. They know each other well.

You hear all these people saying, ‘Oh, Pep, what a good manager he is.’ Forget about it. Cruyff was the best, by far.

The best managers out there at the moment are Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho but they are at other clubs – Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Pep is a great manager who sees football in another way. He lives football and breathes football. The way he thinks about the game is completely different to other managers.

I’ve just got better as a player thanks to Pep.

I went to public school, elementary through high school. I went to homecoming, to football games, pep rallies, I got detention, I got an F. I’ve done it all.

The game is not won by a pep talk on Saturday. It’s won by preparation of your club from Monday until game time. If they’re not ready on Saturday, you’re not going to get them ready by trying to inspire them with a dog-eat-dog sermon on that day.

The game is not won by a pep talk on Saturday. It’s won by preparation of your club from Monday until game time. If they’re not ready on Saturday, you’re not going to get them ready by trying to inspire them with a dog-eat-dog sermon on that day.

They used to call me ‘Touchdown T.’ I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, ‘I’m going to run for three touchdowns.’ I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game.

I finish the game, and sometimes I don’t play very well, and my grandmother calls up to ask why I haven’t played well. Instead of being criticised by Pep, it’s my grandmother!

Pep Guardiola was very good for the Bundesliga.

Pep is the best manager in the world. He’s always looking to help me get better and improve my game.

I used to love to see Willie Pep and Ray Robinson. To me, the epitome of a great athlete is a great boxer. I just love the rhythm of seeing a man dance, slip punches. I loved the dancers and boxers. I would see them and be mesmerized.

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are the two best teachers in the world.

The role of a goalkeeper in Pep’s team is like the 11th outfield player on the pitch, in terms of the build-up, the pressing. I think it’s more difficult. There is a bigger responsibility because you can’t afford to make any mistakes. If you do, it probably ends in an opposition goal.