Claudio Ranieri Quotes

I want to buy pizza, but my players don't want pizza; maybe they don't love pizza. Because I said when we make a clean sheet, I will buy everybody a pizza. Maybe they wait until I say, 'Okay, a good dinner.' I told them, the clean sheet, I buy everybody a pizza. I think they wait until I improve my offer: 'Okay, a pizza and a hot dog.'
I won the most important league in Europe, I think - not just Europe but the world - the Premier League.
I'll admit I was curious about coaching a national team, but my experience with Greece was sufficient.
I'm from Italy, the home of Vivaldi, Rossini, Puccini. When I stopped playing and became a manager, football became like a beautiful piece of music to me - and the players, an orchestra.
I'm not friends with my players, but I am very close to my players. When I speak to them, I want to speak to the man, always the man.
If I am angry, I am angry. If I am angry, then I have to be calm, and to be calm, I have to tell you to your face what I think about you. If we don't agree, then okay, 'Bye!' It's no problem.
If I continue to work as a coach, it is because my passion and love for football, for the players, is still there.
If you are a gladiator, a fighter in this sport, in life you can be the same.
If you are a loser in this sport, you are a loser also in life.
If you aren't a loser, you fight; you continue to fight, believe.
If you go in Spain, you have to play with another style. The English culture is the English culture. If you come here, you have to play in this style.
If you play well, win, don't change too much. But when you don't play well, lose, you have to give the opportunity to the other players.
In London, you can eat your way around the world - Lebanese one night, Indian the next.
In my opinion, if you only show quality but no fighting spirit, you are half a player.
In my view, fitness training isn't that important in England, as they all train with such intensity anyway and have a competitive edge when just sprinting. The matches are all hard-fought, too.
Inside me there are two people. One is a very aggressive - I want to win; I won the Premier League, but now I want to win on Saturday. I want to win next season - and is never satisfied.
It is important to always look forward.
It is important to understand the philosophy of the city and country.
It is important to understand what your team can do.
It is very important to be humble but to maintain the conviction that we can do something good.
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Claudio Ranieri
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20 October, 1951
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