Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Antonio Conte

The most important thing for me is the work, my job, and then to go to my house to be satisfied with my work.

Paolo Maldini never won, but he was the best defender in the world. Gianluigi Buffon never won; he was the best goalkeeper in the world for many years. But this is the story of the Ballon d'Or.

David Luiz has to work with the others if he deserves to play; otherwise, he will stay on the bench or in the stands.

Sometimes you can win, and you are preparing to disrupt yourself. Sometimes you don't win, but you are preparing yourself to be better.

We have to try to do our best in every game with great ambition, because we must always have the right ambition. But at the same time, sometimes you have to compliment your opponent. You must be honest and accept the result.

Only one player is not important. The most important thing is the squad, and it's important to be together. You can't just lose it over one player.

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.

The English experience has greatly enriched me, and I'd like to carry on as manager.

I don't want advantages for my team. I want the same rest as our opponents. It's very difficult to do this? I don't think so.

I want to protect my club. I want to try to protect my players. I want to try to protect my fans. Also, I want to try to protect the Premier League.

Every coach has to put himself in his club and to try to become a really important coach for his club. The most important thing is that the club can be happy, the fans can be happy, and the players can be happy with your work. This must be our task. Then, if you are No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, this is not important.

The way I suffer after a defeat is not for all, because I suffer. I suffer. But those who know me know that, after this, I start stronger with more hunger, more desire, because I don't like to lose.

I prefer to be a great team not only on paper but also on the pitch. The pitch is the truth. The pitch speaks.

To arrive and try to fight for the Champions League, to try to fight to be the best in the world, you need time.

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.

Every team has to understand what their ambitions are. If their ambitions are to fight for the title or win the Champions League, you must buy expensive players. Otherwise, you continue to stay in your level. It's simple.

When someone makes a mistake, it's right to underline this type of situation and find the best solution to avoid the same mistake in the future.

You have to have respect on the pitch.

Sometimes the opponents deserve a red card, but instead, they carry on playing with 11 men. So you also have to be more lucky in the future.

Chelsea belongs in the Champions League, and we must stay there.

To be captain and win a lot at Juventus, to play for 20 years, to play in the World Cup, European Cup, I think I had a good career, no?

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.

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.

For me, it's important to concentrate to the present and leave the past.

I like to go to church. Religion is an important part in my life. It has helped me in bad moments.

Sometimes you can win, but you are not building something positive for your future.

I like to call it a 'sacred fire' when you have it inside you: the will to win every game.

Video analysis is big for me. Through video, you see good things and bad things and can show players how to improve.

It's important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player's strength and their weakness.

Every coach, during a game, it is important to understand the situation to change.

As a player, I was very lucky to have so many good managers in my career. I remember the first two at Lecce: Eugenio Fascetti and Carlo Mazzone. They were very important for me and my growth.

The pitch is the most important thing for us: not the words, not on paper.

I must take the best decision for the club, not for a single player.

I always show great respect for everyone, including Manchester United.

Foreseeing the future is always difficult.

To play three games in seven days is not simple, above all for our wings-backs.

I don't think a player like Messi is a selfish player.

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.

For me, it is sad when I listen to this, that one player must be more selfish to reach the top level.

The pressure, for me, is not important. I was born with pressure. The pressure is not important for me.

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.

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.

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.

When you lose, you learn a lot about yourself. That experience is important.

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.

If the club decides to sack me, honestly, I don't feel this pressure.

If they deserve it, I'm ready to play with very young players. Why not?

When I was a player, I wanted to win the Ballon d'Or, but I knew my characteristics; I knew that it was impossible.

In my team, I don't want selfish players. I prefer to lose a game than have selfish players. I don't want that in my club. Never.

To defend - it is very difficult to win two titles in a row.

For me, to have my family with me is very important.

Ours is the most precarious work, as you are in one place today, and tomorrow you are in another.

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.

I try to avoid all mistakes. I try to prepare my players and to put them in the best condition to play the game. If you discover a problem during the game, it is too late. You must anticipate and prepare.

When you are in a new country, and you are alone and know that your family don't stay here, it is not simple.

The target for every great champion is to play for the team.

Our target is to win, not to try to make all the players happy.

Every season is tough.

I like to see the present, to work for the present, and to try to improve for the future.

It is very difficult in the transfer market for the teams that need to improve their squads.