Words matter. These are the best Claudio Ranieri Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
If you go in Spain, you have to play with another style. The English culture is the English culture. If you come here, you have to play in this style.
The battle is long, but that’s football, sport.
Every country is different, every league is different – all the culture.
It is very important to be humble but to maintain the conviction that we can do something good.
I won the most important league in Europe, I think – not just Europe but the world – the Premier League.
I want to be strong because you believe in me. You have to trust me. I give my knowledge to you. That is my philosophy.
I am very clear and very honest. I can say one thing, and you look at my face, and it is clear.
I am not like Mourinho. I don’t have to win to be sure of myself.
Under pressure, I don’t go down, I go up.
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.
The pressure is on the big teams.
I have won trophies around Europe, but never the title. Three times, I was runner-up. Leicester and the fans will be in my heart for all of my life.
Am I too loyal to my players? I could be, could be.
Inside me there are two people. One is a very aggressive – I want to win; I won the Premier League, but now I want to win on Saturday. I want to win next season – and is never satisfied.
I don’t like pasta.
I always want fighting spirit first.
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!
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.
If you are a loser in this sport, you are a loser also in life.
What I have to say, I say face to face.
What football means to an Italian coach is tactics, trying to control the game by following the ideas and systems of the manager.
There is too much unhappiness in football, no?
I am the Thinkerman, not Tinkerman!
It is with passion that I love my job. But it is with character that I am able to keep looking forward. Not just beyond criticism or bad results, but also beyond the good moments, too. Everything has to be a balance.
I think everyone now rotates. The Tinkerman was one; now there are a lot of tinkermen!
We must respect the referee every time.
When you work hard, when you believe in something, in the end, you will achieve something.
My emotions are strong when I start the season.
The love the people of Leicester showed towards me was incredible. Even more than winning the Premier League.
It is important to understand the philosophy of the city and country.
I love the English spirit because when I was a player, I was an Englishman: I was fighting, and you had to kill me if you wanted to win.
Rebuilding has always been one of my specialities from the time I started with young players at Cagliari.
I have a lot of admiration for those who build tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good coach must do is build the team around the characteristics of his players.
Sometimes the manager says one thing and does another thing!
It’s not possible to win all matches.
If I continue to work as a coach, it is because my passion and love for football, for the players, is still there.
I hear what they’re saying. I ask my English tutor, ‘What is this word ‘tinkerer?”
We work so hard. Everyone does, but only one can win.
I never hitched my wagon to anyone, so what I achieved over the years was done with only my results on the field.
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.
My love for football and the players are always very strong.
You really can eat well in England – if you have the money.
Words are fine, but the most important thing is what happens on the pitch.
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.’
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.
