Claudio Ranieri

If it is the case that you need just a first 11 and three or four more players, then why did Christopher Columbus sail to India to discover America?

One beautiful day, a radiant day, Mr Roman Abramovich introduced himself to me and said I should put a shopping list together.

Damien is Damien. When I don\'t put him in the squad my mother, who\'s 84, asks \'why isn\'t Damien playing?\' She kills me about it and that\'s true

Sometimes the manager says one thing and does another thing!

I think everyone now rotates. The Tinkerman was one; now there are a lot of tinkermen!

The pressure is on the big teams.

All the time, I said to my players, \'I don\'t care about the name on the badge or the name of the opponents.\'

The battle is long, but that\'s football, sport.

I remember when I was first time in Serie A, we were down the bottom, no one was speaking about Cagliari. And we were safe, one day before the final match. With Parma, we went down, but we were positive right to the end. There are the little details, but you have to continue.

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.

I think the strength of the man is to have the right balance. Not to be so high when you win; not to be so down when you lose.

It was fantastic to win the title with Leicester.

My love for football and the players are always very strong.

All my players must be ready because, sooner or later, I will need them.

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.

For me, it is important to stay close to my players.

It\'s one thing trying it in training and another entirely on the pitch.

It\'s important you give confidence.

If you are a gladiator, a fighter in this sport, in life you can be the same.

My idea is that players need to recover first, train later.

I always tell my players to find the fire within themselves.

What football means to an Italian coach is tactics, trying to control the game by following the ideas and systems of the manager.

It is important to understand the philosophy of the city and country.

I am not like Mourinho. I don\'t have to win to be sure of myself.

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.

Every team believes they are better after the transfer window.

In my opinion, if you only show quality but no fighting spirit, you are half a player.

I started coaching in the Interregionale league in Catanzaro. There were pitches with no grass; at times, we had no water, no training equipment. I had to do it all myself.

When I played, I was an English-style centre-half. Always with my heart, always with my fighting spirit.

Thinking of the dismissal by Leicester, the first thing that comes to mind is a sense of surprise even more than of bitterness.