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

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Arsene Wenger
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 22
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Coach
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Straßburg
Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger
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In England you have a good phrase. It is 'to bring the game into disrepute.
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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.
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I don't think it's because of my eyes, my beautiful eyes. (on Henry staying at Arsenal for the money)
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Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home.
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It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.
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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.
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As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.
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To achieve great things you have first to believe it.
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Have Tottenham closed the gap on Arsenal? Last time I checked they were still 4 miles and 11 titles away
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At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.
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Work on your strong points because they are what made you.
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I am supposed to take the bullets and absorb them. Like a bear, a polar bear.
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I think in England you eat too much sugar and meat and not enough vegetables.
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What makes daily life interesting is that we try to transform it to something that is close to art.
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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.
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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?
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You build a player like you build a house. You start with the foundations. The fundamentals.
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