Xavi playing 750 games for Barcelona is a lot.

Coaching the national team would be great.

There's no other club where I'll be able to work with better players than at Barca.

Coaching Barca involved dedicating all your energy to the team, the club, and the players. And when you see the end is coming, you have to take it in, accept it, and communicate it. There's nothing else you can do.

The trainer I learned most from about the field of play was Van Gaal, even though he's the one I've had the most confrontations with - well, disagreements. He's got an obsession with work ethic, the way he plans.

You learn something from everyone, even the bad coaches because they tell you something and you think, 'I'll never do that in the future.'

Things don't always work out as you want them to.

Everybody has the clarity of telling I haven't seen a player like Lionel Messi, and I am fortunate for training and seeing him every day at the training field. And even sometimes he surprises you with some good performances. There is not comparison with other players I have seen along my life. He is unique.

I've always heard Leo saying he is happy at Barcelona. I'll take the message that he is very comfortable here.

It's always bad news when a player gets injured - dreadful news.

The captains of the national team are the ones that have played the most matches. That's what I had in the national team. Maximum respect to those players.

When I leave Barca, I'm sure I'll take at least a year off.

Being praised constantly weakens you.

I like to be close to the players and listen to what they've got to say and feel. Then I make decisions from a coach's point of view, thinking about what's best for the team.

I don't talk about what happened after one game or the other. We look at a season as a whole picture.

If Leo is at his level, it's going to be very difficult to find a solution to stop him.

It's always tough playing away from home.

When we have a defensive situation in which we are conceding too many goals, it is not just a problem in the defense but the entire team, starting with the coach.

Messi no longer surprises me.

He has ambition and hunger, but I would not say Messi is the only piece of art at Barca.

I've never known anybody who is able to see what's behind him.

Any one of Messi, Neymar, Xavi, or Suarez can take penalties; it doesn't matter.

There's always a possibility that players can come and go when the market opens.

I've been satisfied with everything since I arrived at Barca, and I'm pleased with the players' attitude.

Football is a contact sport and sometimes is difficult to measure that.

I have to take criticisms, and I will continue to take them for what I think is best for the team.

I've got no interest in justifying myself to a player of mine.

I focus on football. I'm not interested in gossip.

I work every day 100 percent, but I assure you that I'll quit if my players don't follow me.

When you play against Athletic, you know there is no easy ball.

Ernesto Valverde is a great coach.

The objective is always to win.

Scoring a goal is very important for us, but the objective is to win the match.

We need the ball even to defend; that's our objective: having the ball and having it as far as possible from our goal as possible.

Bravo, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, and Jordi Masip are three goalkeepers of the highest quality.

I always want all my players to improve and do even better.

Messi is the best in the world, even when he is defending.

Players need to control their emotions as much as possible.

In order for a player to score goals, he needs minutes.

In football, you have to be consistent.

I think Messi's is a fantastic attitude and should be the mentality that all top players in the world should adopt.

My job is to improve the performance of the team game by game.