“The problem of the media is always to imagine the worst. The problem of the manager is always to imagine the best.”

— Arsène Wenger

(2008) http://news.arseblog.com/2014/03/arsene-wenger-at-1000-in-stats-and-quotes/ <br class="br">Arsenal (1996–present) <br class="br">Context: If I go into a season and I say, ‘For fuck’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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