Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Gennaro Gattuso
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Italian athlete Gennaro Gattuso.
Last updated on November 3, 2024.
The World Cup is always difficult, you need to come physically prepared.
In times of difficulty we all have to understand our responsibilities.
Sometimes you need to play with a knife between your teeth.
As long as my players show respect - not for me, but for the locker room, their team-mates and the club - I will tear my heart out of my chest and let them play keepy-uppy with it.
I can mark Messi only in my dreams.
I'm not one to make calculations, I'm spontaneous and I prefer it that way.
Let's just say that I feel I have the ambition and determination to succeed as a coach.
Always protecting the players is not good.
I don't like getting pinned back with a line of four in midfield. You risk losing too much space.
Kessie is far better than I ever was, because he has seven or eight goals in his legs per season.
Many teams in Europe have no money.
Respect and consistency, as hard work during the week is the only way to earn your place.
Being grumpy at not playing is part of the job. If I see someone who is constantly on the bench smiling and laughing, then that's no good either.
We cannot have players who don't give their soul.
I am not good at making people understand certain things.
Ancelotti is like a father to me. He's always been close to me and supported me. He's won it all and I still have a lot to prove.
You need to ensure you are ready and impress when called upon.
I don't hold back, if I have something to say to someone, I'll say it to their face.
You have to spend a lot of money to build strong sides.
I'm objective because I tell the truth.
I have been compared with Antonio Conte and it is an honour to be compared with him. I would love to enjoy the same success he has had as a coach.
Berlusconi knows about everything. I am lucky to have known him.
Life can be very strange.
Ancelotti, for me, is a great person - a great manager.
Everyone gets in a bad mood at some point - a striker because there is allegedly a new striker on the way, the same for a midfielder.
I shared so much with Massimo Oddo. He's an intelligent and funny guy whose success speaks for him. He got a few slaps in the face from me for his pranks, as we had very different ideas on how to prepare for a game.
It's only normal, I am a player, who doesn't want to play in a European Championship quarter-final?
The world of football has given me more than I deserved. But you always think of your family first.
Am I afraid of President Maurizio Zamparini's reputation for hiring and firing? No, the only thing I fear is death!
Sometimes I can be a little ignorant.
I fear nothing.
Let's call a spade a spade - this Kaka of Real Madrid is not the same Kaka we used to know.
Perhaps I am the worst coach in Serie A, but I always want to win, even playing in the garden with my son.
There is a great deal of fair play in English football.
At Milan, Kaka used to work even when we had two or three days off. And our fitness coach, Daniele Tognaccini, made him run.
No group in any sector can go anywhere without rules.
There was a rule at Rangers, going back to the 1950s, that players needed to turn up for every training session dressed in a suit and tie. I was a teenager. You'd have been lucky to see me in a jacket even on a Sunday - it just wasn't my style.
I think my style is perfectly suited to the way the game is played in the U.K.
After World Cup 2010 in South Africa I will no longer play for la Nazionale.
I like aggressive football and for players to put pressure on the ball.
You have to admit your mistakes and apologise for them.
It's true: sometimes Balotelli could behave better, but it also happens to me. I have a similar character, Balotelli is also a very strong player, but if you protest against the referee for every decision, it's logical you are going to irritate the fans.
Gasperini works really well, if Inter picked him up, it is naturally because they had good reasons.
The last problem Milan have to worry about is Rino Gattuso. I feel at home here and have great responsibility towards this club. Those aren't just words, I really mean it.
Everyone says Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, but I would have love to have played with Luka Modric. I think he's an incredible player, really strong mentally and a pure footballer.
We need to take examples from Flippo Inzaghi.
When you're on the pitch, you should never give up and concede easy goals.
I knew from day one what I was going into with the Milan job.
I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40.
I like good food and talking about football.
I won't lie, I stole a lot of ideas from Giampaolo.
Deciding to leave Milan's bench is not easy. But it's a decision I had to make.
Being a player and being a coach is really not the same thing at all.
Kaka, he made history with Milan and if he is loved so much it means he did well.
I always try to field the best team.
My motto is 'show respect to those who show respect to you.'
It's important that everyone rows in the same direction because I need all my players, those who don't get much playing time too.
It's a must to continue getting positive results and to give playing time to as many players as possible. This way we also administrate our energy levels.
Our mind must be free in order to express our qualities.
Dybala is three pages ahead of the rest in the football manual.
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