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“Italian football has a lot of appeal, even though it must improve.”
“The only way you can play with three strikers - which we did at Juventus - is if the three work really hard, and become the first defenders.”
“Italian football is a laughing stock.”
“I'm lucky because my life has been very exciting.”
“Italian players go to bed and they think about the training session of that day and the one the day after.”
“Football is something great, but it is like making love: if you do it every minute you get bored, so you have to take your time and do it now and again.”
“The important thing is not winning, but that we think in a winning way.”
“If you want to sell a service, you have to be the first to believe that the service has value.”
“When the opposition has the ball you don't want to chase. You want to stay fresh for when the opportunity comes to score.”
“It's difficult to be both a good player and a good manager.”
“You need to be unbelievably fit for Gaelic football.”
“Cancer is an unwanted travel companion, but I can't help it.”
“I am happy working for Sky Italia, they pay me to go to watch football matches which is great by me.”
“As a player I thought all managers were doing something wrong.”
“I really enjoyed coaching Chelsea. It was a different atmosphere with less money and a more familiar environment.”
“I played for four clubs during my career and for me it was like having four wives.”
“Italian managers don't enjoy themselves at all.”
“In England you probably have too many cups with the Champions League as it is now. You have the FA Cup and another cup; what's the point in that? Probably one cup should be more than enough.”
“Celebrations have now become too selfish and I don't like it. When I used to score I was happy to celebrate with my team-mates. Now when players score it is all about them.”
“I don't like thinking 'Why me, why me, why me?' when I was diagnosed with cancer because that would be hypocritical. I didn't say 'Why me?' when I was one in a thousand who made it as a professional footballer.”