If you play every time, long balls, you lose possession and you lose momentum. I don't want to be like that.
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I am very demanding of myself.
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I want every player to stay with the mentality and preparation to play together to win.
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When I was a player, all the pressures I felt created a lot of anxiety in me. I didn't know how to manage that on my own. I think I was missing someone - a manager, no doubt - who could teach me to control my emotions.
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You need confidence to play under pressure.
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There's a decision each match. I decide how we are going to play, and it depends on the opposition 30 per cent, their structure, and 70 per cent is for us.
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Wherever I've been, I've tried to soak up the essence of the club, the town, and to transmit that to the players.
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We all need to give 100%, and that's what I'm looking for from every player and myself.
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It was very risky and quite courageous to write a book about winning when I was still to win my first title. But for me, the one who possesses a winning mentality isn't necessarily the one who wins in the end but the one who wants to win the most.