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It's important for me to exalt my players in their strengths and to try and cover their weakness, no?
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Every game, I have to make the best decision. I repeat: my players must be happy to stay in Chelsea and to play for Chelsea and to play for our fans. They must be happy if they start the game or if they stay on the bench and come on.
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Video analysis is big for me. Through video, you see good things and bad things and can show players how to improve.
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My talent as a footballer was medium. But I had heart, a will to win, to work to overcome my limitations.
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I prefer to be favourites on the pitch; not with words.
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The target for every great champion is to play for the team.
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Every coach, during a game, it is important to understand the situation to change.
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I like to go to church. Religion is an important part in my life. It has helped me in bad moments.
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The English experience has greatly enriched me, and I'd like to carry on as manager.
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It's important to win with style.
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Every coach, when starting work at a new club, hopes to stay many, many years because it means you are working very well. You have the possibility to improve your players, to improve your team, and to grow together.
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I try to dress well. Not just now at Chelsea, but all my career, at my clubs and the national team in Italy, I like to wear a nice suit on the touchline.
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My worry is to try to improve my players, to work with them, to find the best solution for the club, and to give satisfaction to the fans because they deserve the best.
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David Luiz has to work with the others if he deserves to play; otherwise, he will stay on the bench or in the stands.
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When a new coach comes to a new club with new ways, new ideas, the players have to adapt.
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I miss Italy; that's beyond doubt.
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For you to even enquire about one player, he is expensive. You go to buy a right-back, a left-back, or a central defender, and he is expensive.
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Every manager must be prepared to face every situation.
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Many times, I know before I speak to the player what they are thinking. It's very important to know when to push, when to put the pressure on, and when to take it off.
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For me, it's important to concentrate to the present and leave the past.
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I like to follow the training session with my voice. To call at them and explain my reasons and my ideas of football. It's important to make them understand: when to move, to time it right, not wrong - the right movement.
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The most important thing for me is the work, my job, and then to go to my house to be satisfied with my work.
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It is important that when you play at home in front of your own fans, not to lose and to always try and win, to always give your all.
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All my coaching life, I am the same, always on the touchline, the same way. I am in the game all the time. I am focused.