Rafael Benitez People Quotations

It is a pity. It was only a few people and most of them did applaud but it is a pity, you can't say anything else.

Last season people said Liverpool was not the best team in the Champions League and that made life easier for us because of the way teams prepared against us.

People are saying that we are not making signings -- but I say we will sign the best. I have discussed the issues with our chief executive (Rick Parry) and we will spend our money wisely and carefully on the best. It is important not to spend a lot but to spend it well.

We have three or four months to get through. In January we need to reinforce the squad. We were thinking about a right-winger and centre half, everyone knows that, but when people say we left it until the last minute, that's not true,

We are in the final and my players have done a fantastic job. We have shown the people that we can beat them. They are a good team with some good players but our players were amazing.

We are delighted with this possibility. We will try and do our best. People say we will be tired or will not go with the best team, but we will go with the best team and try and be as fit as possible because this is a great challenge for me.

When I was six years old people were talking about the midfield as the key area of the pitch.

People said we couldn't win against these teams but we have beaten Arsenal and maybe we can beat United.

People can talk about having a lot of money to buy players but we've just signed a player with a passion and a heart for this club that no amount of money can buy. We are close to a very high level right now but with Robbie we can go even higher.

A lot of people talked about Liverpool last season and said we were the worst Liverpool team for 40 years,

Some people cannot see a priest on a mountain of sugar.

As a manager you are important sometimes and you make mistakes, but the most important people are your staff and your players. Never call me the special one.