Antonio Conte Quotes
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When a player deserves to play, with me, he'll play.
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I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football. It's important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players.
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For me, to have my family with me is very important.
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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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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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If the club decides to sack me, honestly, I don't feel this pressure.
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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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It's not important, the relationship between the coaches.
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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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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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Every season is tough.
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I must take the best decision for the club, not for a single player.
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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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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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It is important for the manager to find the right solution for your team.
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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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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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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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To defend - it is very difficult to win two titles in a row.
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I don't think a player like Messi is a selfish player.
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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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For me, it is sad when I listen to this, that one player must be more selfish to reach the top level.