A biography for Roberto Mancinihasn’t been written yet.
“In Italy, you get three or four goals, you go slow, you stop.”
“After you win a Premier League, the second year is more difficult.”
“Before I was a manager, I was a player for 11 years.”
“Cristiano is one of the best players in the world.”
“He's a great champion. I can tell you that I was amazed by Drogba - he's a great person.”
“When you have a team that has won for 20 years, the mentality is strong. When you don't play well, you still know you are a strong team.”
“I don't think Mourinho wants to have friends, or maybe that's just the way he likes to appear.”
“When I was a player, I was always interested in management.”
“You can win with strong players, but you cannot win with angels.”
“When I played, sometimes we would have one game in a week; now there are no free moments, no time, not even for family.”
“English football is very different from Italian; it's more physical, and matches are always very open.”
“I'm very happy about what I did in Manchester. I love the Manchester City supporters, and I had a fantastic experience.”
“I like to take up difficult challenges and work hard towards achieving my goals.”
“It's important that a player can play in different positions for if we have to change tactics.”
“Sometimes you get players who think it is not important to work, and this is their worst mistake.”
“When you go to another country, you can work with different players in different situations, in a different culture.”
“I think that Balotelli could be as good as Torres - and even better than him.”
“Neymar is a good player.”
“Racist behaviour must be stigmatised so that it can be no more.”
“Football is strange, especially after a World Cup.”