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“An experience abroad really enriches you.”
“When I first arrived at Napoli, I was the ball boy, which meant that I got to watch as the legends trained. Then, once I joined the youth team as a young teenager, I was a midfielder just like Tardelli.”
“My parents every day said, 'Ah, it's better you go to school, it's very important for your future.' But inside myself, I said: 'I think the good way is follow the football.'”
“Beyond studying, though, I think a coach should mainly have knowledge of football: if you do not know what to say to the players then you are not going anywhere.”
“Napoli will always have my heart, and it is normal that I want them to win.”
“People who know me would know that I take one battle at a time.”
“Of course when you are starting to be a coach you want to do your best and my national team is my dream.”
“The arrival of Beckham at Milan is not just a matter of marketing.”
“A compact defense has always been the basis of Italy's team.”
“I like Mourinho a lot. He has a good relationship with fans, and he always takes responsibility for his players.”
“I had good times with Juventus but when you are offered the chance to come to Real at almost 33 years of age it is a great opportunity.”
“I have no regrets. I won with the most prestigious clubs in the world - Real Madrid and Juventus - and also with the national team. I won the Ballon d'Or and Fifa World Player at 33 years old.”
“I never saw Pele, but I watched Maradona, for seven years I saw every game. He's not one of the best, he's the best.”
“I'm very proud because, all my life, I worked very hard to be a football player.”
“In my career, Diego Maradona had the biggest influence on me.”
“We often talk about this VAR, this new technology. It's very important new technology. On the pitch maybe it's not clear. You cannot see... maybe from another angle in front of the TV it's much more clear. But it's, as always, football. It's easy to be much more polemic about this and that.”
“I've always been strong physically and I think for a player what happens off the field is even more important.”
“You know I was a ball boy at the Italy v. Argentina semi-final in Naples in 1990 and playing in a World Cup final is something every child dreams about.”
“You know, when you are the Italian national team, all the time you need to win because for our history, it is important for us to try to win the World Cup.”
“Of course I wish to achieve the same results as Marcello Lippi did in his career.”