27 quotes found
"When you have faith, you can endure suffering. There are some sufferings that have no name, that you can't describe or justify, but when you believe in God, you no longer ask why me and not someone else. And that is a great achievement."
"Ventura is a master with a capital M. He sees football through unique eyes."
"Every time I go to Africa, there's always something that touches my heart. Everyone cries about its poverty, and we pretend to ignore that it's the rich countries that are preventing this continent from developing. Africa is a dirty business."
"At Juventus, I found a mentality that you see in few other clubs. Behind the successes, there is an obsessive attention to detail. Nothing is left to chance. It's an incredible club."
"Conte is phenomenal. He's the coach of intensity. He leads men, not prima donnas. He keeps you on your toes because he believes that's the best strategy to always get the most out of you."
"I played a lot with Torino, even in the youth teams. On the Granata side, the derby is much more intense, both among the fans and the team. Probably because for the people it's the key match of the season, while for Juve it's just one of many important games. I still have a lot of friends in Turin, most of whom are Granata fans and suffer like crazy during the derby."
"Every summer we manage to grow as a team and also individually."
"We stayed at their level for much of the time … we must fight for every ball."
"I wanted to be a ballerina, now I dream of an Olympic medal … I have great potential and I don’t feel pressure."
"Being the captain of the National team means having a lot of responsibility and being able to manage them … No regrets … we gave 100%."
"There is disappointment and regret for this loss … we must face the situation and reality without lowering our heads."
"The real victory is in making proud those who have always believed in you, and especially having people who rejoice with you for your successes."
"I would never have imagined playing for Juventus; I had a poster of Del Piero in my room, and today to that little girl inside me I would say: dream, sooner or later it comes true."
"Football has been my great passion since I was little, and I never had doubts about what I would do when I grew up."
"Being captain is an honor and a pride … I see it as a recognition from my teammates … That’s what makes me proud."
"There has been a change in the vision and recognition … all this clearly brings more responsibility."
"As a child I was the only one in the province of Brescia to play soccer. I always played with boys, I was the captain. I've always had great respect from them, sometimes they still write to me now complimenting me. I always felt free to do what I wanted and this was my great luck. I've always wanted to play soccer. When I got home I couldn't wait to go train. When I was 14 years old, a Verona executive called me, I told my parents that I didn't want to go play with the girls. They were the ones who told me that the train only passed once."
"["Your first memory of your mother?"] I'm six years old, I finish catechism class, I go downstairs and find her in front of the door of the oratory. She never came to pick me up; my house was only 50 meters away. "Damn, I think I did something wrong," I say to myself. She looks at me and claps her hands: "Come on, hurry up, let's go get my sports bag. Your game is coming up soon." It was my first official outing with the Nuvolera men's team."
"I told them, if you keep a clean sheet, I'll buy pizza for everybody. I think they're waiting for me to offer a hot dog too."
"I pay for pizza, you pay for the sausage. I am the sausageman."
"From the beginning when something was wrong I've been saying: 'Dilly-ding, dilly-dong, wake up, wake up!' So on Christmas Day I bought for all the players and all the staff a little bell. It was just a joke."
"(On Jamie Vardy) This is not a footballer. This is a fantastic horse."
"I say my team is like the RAF, it's fantastic - whoosh whoosh! - I love it."
"It's fantastic when you see before the match, an old lady with a Leicester shirt outside the stadium. I say: 'Unbelievable. They come from Leicester to support us.' This is my emotion"
"Now we go straight away to try to win the title. We are in the Champions League, dilly ding, dilly dong - come on. We are in the Champions League, it is fantastic, terrific. Well done to everybody."
"It was important to keep it going until Christmas, as we are in the relegation battle. For this battle I need warriors, and they showed me what I wanted to see"
"I could be (too loyal), could be. It is difficult when you achieve something so good, you want to give them one chance, two chances, three chances. Maybe now, it is too much."