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"I think Pele knows nothing about soccer. He's done nothing as a coach and his analysis turns out to be always wrong. If you plan on winning a title, you do the opposite to what Pele says" - After leading Brazil to their fifth World Cup, in Japan and South Korea.

"If someone talks about my private life, for example, I'll give them a good punching. I'm not interested in suing. I like to sort things out my way" - After one of his players at Palmeiras was abused by fans over his private life.

"Well one's white and the other's black" - when asked by English journalists to compare Wayne Rooney to Pele during Euro 2004.

"I have a deep respect for Rooney. If we give him a couple of chances he could be fatal for us" - on Rooney again.

"This is war, and I have to kill and not be killed" - on football at thehighest level.

"We've shown how the future can be - more cheerful, more united" - during Euro 2004.

"I picked these players because I think they're right for this job - nobody will make me change my mind" - during Euro 2004.

"The most important thing is to have a unified group. The national team should be like a family. Everybody has to get on with everybody else and be prepared to save everyone else's skin" - on international football.

"I once played in a marvellous team, Caxias. Our group was spectacular, we played an excellent championship, then they brought in three very good players.
But one took the place of a player we liked a lot. The central defender who played alongside me told me: `I'm not going to cover for him. I don't like him.
He goes up to join the attack and doesn't come back; I'm not doing his work for him.' We lost the next game 5-1" - on the importance of team unity.

"I have absolute confidence that we will get to the last four, and the supporters can demand explanations if we don't" - when asked how will Brazil fare at the 2002 World Cup.

"You play with joy when you get the right result. How can you play with joy if you lose? Imagine if we go to the World Cup and play three wonderful games, all out of this world - and we don't qualify. What's the point in that? We have to ally the two things but always looking for the objective. If we have to play ugly to reach the objective, we will play ugly. What's the point of a Cup? To be champions" - on his approach to the game.

"If you make it seem like the only thing that matters is the title, you run the risk of plunging the squad into a pit of depression and frustration if it doesn't happen" - on Portugal's chances of success at the 2006 World Cup.

"I must confess I had to adapt my approach to fit the characteristics of Portuguese players. I came here with a system of play in mind but had to change it as I went along. The tactical ideas I had prepared simply wouldn't have worked with this group of footballers" - on moving from Brazil to Portugal.

"South American coaches, especially Brazilians and Argentinians, have a certain mystique about them and a unique way of working and getting their message across. I'd say that they get everybody involved, know how to keep people's attention and have this great ability to generate group harmony. It's also worth pointing out that we're disciplined, organised and particularly adept at creating the right atmosphere. We make everything enjoyable, and that's what football's all about - having fun!" - on being Brazilian.

"Animosities can bring disturbance to a team. Beckenbauer and Klinsmann should not attack each other before the World Cup. Our 2002 team was formed under a brotherhood atmosphere, and that's what I'm trying to do with Portugal" - more on being united.

"Pinochet tortured a lot, but there is no illiteracy in Chile" - comments he reportedly made to Argentinian magazine El Graphico in June 2001 on Chilean
dictator General Pinochet.

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