Frankly, Milan kind of sucks as a restaurant city. It’s so fashion-obsessed that people don’t pay that much attention to the food.
Milan are the most glorious Italian club.
The film that changed my life is a 1951 film by Vittorio De Sica, ‘Miracle in Milan.’ It’s a remarkable comment on slums, poverty and aspiration.
I still have a home in Sarajevo, and there is a room where the walls are covered with football jerseys. One is a Milan shirt with Shevchenko’s name and number on the back. It is an original from one of his Serie A appearances, and he has autographed it. It has pride of place. It really is my prized possession.
After living and working in Milan and Paris, I arrived in New York City 20 years ago, and I saw both the joys and the hardships of daily life. On July 28, 2006, I was very proud to become a citizen of the United States – the greatest privilege on planet Earth.
If I play well for Holland, I am sure that I will have my chance for Milan.
What can you say about Carlo Ancelotti? I talk to him regularly and he made history for Milan.
I want to thank Milan because the most beautiful years of my life were spent wearing that shirt.
The first time was in Brazil, and the second time was when I was playing for Shakhtar against Inter in Milan. Fans were banned from the stadium on both occasions, and it is different. You have to keep your concentration on the pitch and try to win the game.
In 2009, I accepted the proposal of Real Madrid, but I was completely destroyed there because I could not give what I had given Milan. I was completely lost.
At Milan, Kaka used to work even when we had two or three days off. And our fitness coach, Daniele Tognaccini, made him run.
AC Milan would never have been the same club without Paolo Maldini or Franco Baresi and they certainly would have never had the same amount of success.
When United play at home, they get some advantage that other teams don’t get. I think when you go to United, Madrid, Barcelona, or Milan, when the referees referee these kind of games, it’s always difficult to go against these kind of teams.
I had to prove everything because I was coming from Milan, and nobody knew me. I was a young talent who hadn’t done anything, so I had it all to prove and all to do.
I will not leave Milan until I have demonstrated my worth.
I’d have signed for Real in a heartbeat. They’re a club with more glamour than Milan; more prospects, more appeal, more everything. They strike fear in their opponents, whoever they happen to be.
From the bottom of my heart I can honestly say that it is always nice to see Milan play.
For me, Real Madrid are just like any other club, like Barcelona, Milan, Bayern Munich, or Inter. Just another big club.
I am always in love with Milan. The relationship with the team, with the club, and with these fans is beautiful. It’s weird for a Brazilian to have a relationship like that with an Italian club.
I had nice years at Ajax, wonderful years with Milan, and won something with the national team.
It is nice to hear things said about you, but if I was to stay at Milan, then I’d be happy. It is a great club.
Seedorf is doing well, and I am happy for him. I hope he stays at Milan so that he can prove how much he really understands about football.
I was in the fashion shows in Milan; I was seventeen, I was doing like 100 shows. People were asking, ‘How does it feel to be the model of the moment?’ It was hard for me to answer as myself. I barely spoke English.
It is true that I did not want to leave Milan. That changed when Zlatan Ibrahimovic came from Barcelona. Then I realised that for me it is better to go.
I love Milan, and I’m not just saying that. It’s a city that gives me a great sense of euphoria. I can’t explain why, but I feel a special energy there.
I grew up in Milan during the golden age of designers. There was fashion all around.
My favorite thing about Milan is that you see these guys, and it’s as if a spaceship came out of the most attractive planet invented and just dropped them off all across the city.
Milan Kundera was my literature professor. He’s a Francophile, so he made us read French novels like ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses,’ which I made a version of many years later as ‘Valmont.’
It would have been a shame not to reach 300 appearances with Milan, after 12 years as a Rossonero and 126 goals.
Everyone knows that Milan is a historic team: they’ve won seven Champions Leagues; they’ve had a lot of strong players and a lot of Ballons d’Or.
You would never see anyone go to a restaurant in Milan wearing a jumpsuit!
I have always said that it is fundamental to have a strong core of Italian players in a club squad. At AC Milan, we had that and we won. The same at Juventus.
With all due respect, but Juventus are not Real Madrid or the AC Milan of Ronaldinho’s days. They can win games 6-2 or 5-2. Juventus are not like that. We have to win 1-0 or 2-0. It’s in the club’s DNA. That does not mean we will not try to win 3-0, but we are a team that cannot concede a goal when we are ahead.
I always play to win, as I proved at AC Milan, Real Madrid, Roma and Juventus. I want my players to have the same ambition.
It gives me great pleasure to see my name linked with clubs like Manchester United and Milan.
We have a priest at Inter Milan and a chapel at the training ground. That is where I was baptised and confirmed into the church.
I had my father on the Under-21 team and during the World Cup in France in 1998 – and also in AC Milan for four months. So it was a weird experience, because having your father as a coach is pretty weird, and I was the captain. But he was great.
Milan, for me, is a city of discovery. You can find some amazing gardens behind some great houses; I also love finding beautiful galleries and incredible shops, but you have to explore. And the food is amazing.
I am not a mercenary. Milan was my home. They made a good deal, though. They signed me for 10 million euros and sold me for 42 million euros.
When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal.
It was Milan who proved they wanted me and they did everything to get me.
London has a very specific kind of style; it’s very different to Milan, Paris, and New York. It’s nice having that personality that we haven’t lost. It’s the English quirky style that people like to see when they come to Fashion Week.
Milan is not just a team for me. It is part of my life.
You get funky things in Goa, so I like shopping there. Paris and Milan are also my preferred shopping destinations.
I hope to do with Milan what Pirlo did with Juve.
AC Milan will always be a great team.
While my calendar with Moda Operandi often takes me to fashionable locales like Milan and Paris, I am thrilled when opportunities to visit new places present themselves.
My family is very much at home here in Milan.
Milan is good, and I am settling in nicely, which is important. Everyone is friendly at the club and are looking after me well, so I can’t complain.
You go to Madrid, you have four or five teams at the maximum level. You go to Milan, and it’s the same. Napoli is similar to Newcastle in terms of everyone supporting one club in the city. It’s positive and unique when you have that.
It’s difficult to take in but my relationship with Milan is special.
I’m a big fan of the Premier League, but you can’t say no when a club like Milan come knocking.
I got my driver’s license in Milan, so if you can drive in Milan you can drive all over the world.
Usually, a Brazilian doesn’t like to work hard in training, doesn’t like to stay focused. I trained a lot of Brazilian players. I had a problem with Ronaldo at Milan. It was not easy to get him fit! Ronaldo was 100kg but was the quickest in the 10 metre test!
I moved to Milan when I was 15. I was always looking for something; I never really felt like I belonged where I was, so I went to live overseas.
If Ryan Giggs was plying his trade and been the player he had been here in a foreign league, he would go straight from playing to an AC Milan or Inter Milan or any top European club out of the mix.
At Inter Milan, I agreed to play on the wing and didn’t like it.
Will I go back to Milan one day? I don’t know what the future will be.
The Champions League without Milan is not the Champions League.
When I arrived in Milan, I found myself surrounded by many fantastic footballers.
Milan is a true metropolis: strong and fearless but welcoming, too. Little by little, I came to realize that I could become someone here.
AC Milan are my top priority and I will never cause any problems for this team.
Milan are the most glorious Italian club.
Eugenio Montale – born in Genoa in 1896, died in Milan, 1981 – is one of the twentieth-century Europeans who has spoken most meaningfully to American and British poets.
Sometimes I have ice cream for lunch. Gelateria Sempione in Milan is the best in the world, hands down. The chocolate sorbetto is amazing.
I have been on dialysis in Istanbul, Milan, Indonesia, Manila, London. It’s – it’s amazing.
