Claudio Ranieri Quotes
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I think everyone now rotates. The Tinkerman was one; now there are a lot of tinkermen!
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In London, you can eat your way around the world - Lebanese one night, Indian the next.
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There is too much unhappiness in football, no?
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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.
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My idea about football is to play well, but even if you can't always play well, one thing I want is your character, your spirit. That is all I can ask of you.
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What football means to an Italian coach is tactics, trying to control the game by following the ideas and systems of the manager.
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What I have to say, I say face to face.
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I try to forget the past.
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If you are a loser in this sport, you are a loser also in life.
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It's important to go out on the pitch and make a fantastic performance.
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The love the people of Leicester showed towards me was incredible. Even more than winning the Premier League.
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It's important you give confidence.
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Under pressure, I don't go down, I go up.
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I am not like Mourinho. I don't have to win to be sure of myself.
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It is very important to be humble but to maintain the conviction that we can do something good.
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All my players must be ready because, sooner or later, I will need them.
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I am a serious man, a loyal man.
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I always tell my players to find the fire within themselves.
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If I continue to work as a coach, it is because my passion and love for football, for the players, is still there.
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Thinking of the dismissal by Leicester, the first thing that comes to mind is a sense of surprise even more than of bitterness.
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All managers are under pressure. It's our life, always. It's about how we manage the pressure, the victory, we have to manage everything, even me - the bookmakers put me under pressure every time!
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Everyone's second team in Italy is Leicester. In Thailand, the first team is Leicester. I've received letters from Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil - everywhere 'Leicester, Leicester, what a legend.'
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The day my players relax, I get crazy. They know that.
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I am a lucky man because when I was young, I wanted to be a footballer. Suddenly, around 30 years old, I thought, 'I want to try to be a manager because it's different.'