Antonio Conte Quotes
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When I was in Italy, I liked to say, no, that the manager, the coach, is like a tailor. A tailor who must build a dress, the best dress for the team.
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When a player deserves to play, with me, he'll play.
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I don't trust the people when they say, 'There's pressure when you're top.' I prefer the pressure of being top of the table.
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You can win, but you have to show that you win with the idea of playing good football.
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When the technique doesn't arrive at the best level, arrive with your heart, with head, with enthusiasm, with passion, with work.
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I think, when you reach the top level, it is less about the money itself; it is important only because the level of earning shows the importance of the player or the manager. I don't think people want to have the money just to spend it. It is a reflection of your importance in football.
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After the training session, video analysis. You can see the good and the bad, show players how to improve. Not because I want to find blame. Sometimes 20 or 30 minutes of video is more important than three training sessions.
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The pressure, for me, is not important. I was born with pressure. The pressure is not important for me.
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If the club decides to sack me, honestly, I don't feel this pressure.
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I must take the best decision for the club, not for a single player.
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Our target is to win, not to try to make all the players happy.
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Foreseeing the future is always difficult.
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You have to respect the job of the other coach and then stop. He's an opponent: I stop. Finish. I have respect for his job. He must have respect for my job.
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Every season is tough.
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It's important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player's strength and their weakness.
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It is important for the manager to find the right solution for your team.
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It's not important, the relationship between the coaches.
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Ours is the most precarious work, as you are in one place today, and tomorrow you are in another.
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I like to study everything: the way to be dangerous when you are attacking; what the players should do when you don't have the ball; where they should be. The tactics you tell the players to follow come from all this study.
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To defend - it is very difficult to win two titles in a row.
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In Italy, you're in your comfort zone when it comes to language, lifestyle, your habits and preparations, and moving abroad is not easy. It's not easy to carry over your own ideas about football, your own methods. You have to get everything across in a different language, and that wastes a lot of energy.
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I think that when I start a season, I speak with my players, and I always talk about education and respect. And I demand this, but I give this.
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You are never relaxed in England. You have a tough league, the Champions League, the FA Cup and Carabao Cup.
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When you lose, you learn a lot about yourself. That experience is important.