Words matter. These are the best Roberto Mancini Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Cristiano is one of the best players in the world.
In every team, there are players that don’t seem important, but in the end, they prove to be one of the most important players. These players are quiet but can play in every position. They help the manager and their team-mates and are always available. They fight for every ball.
When you go to another country, you can work with different players in different situations, in a different culture.
Neymar is a good player.
I’m sorry to see Balotelli waste his talent the way he does, but I think he can keep people entertained by scoring goals.
You can win with strong players, but you cannot win with angels.
When you lose, people don’t understand why you play this way or don’t pick that player.
I like English football because you play all the games from the start of the Premier League to the very last game always 100%. Even when squads in the last two or three games have just been relegated, they still play 100%.
He’s a great champion. I can tell you that I was amazed by Drogba – he’s a great person.
Sometimes it is difficult to understand why some players have certain agents.
Being the manager of Manchester City is fantastic for me. It’s good.
We need to remember that simply being Inter is not enough to win football matches.
Manchester is the same as Milan. The weather is the same, and you have two big clubs fighting against each other.
You are there to score goals, and doing so shows respect for your opponent, it demonstrates that you are taking him seriously.
I think a player like Van Persie can play for every team because he’s a top player.
I won with Fiorentina, Lazio, and Inter.
For a player, it is important to work and work well and improve every day in pre-season.
It’s important that a player can play in different positions for if we have to change tactics.
I played for Sampdoria and stayed there 15 years. Of course, I could have gone to Juventus, to AC Milan, to Inter Milan many times, but I preferred to remain because Sampdoria were my family, from the owners to the players.
I’ve always been the same. I’ve had the same mentality ever since I was playing with my friends at school. I want to win. I only want to win.
Inter and their fans have always remained in my heart.
I’m very happy about what I did in Manchester. I love the Manchester City supporters, and I had a fantastic experience.
Do I have the mental strength? I left home when I was 13 years old.
I played for Bologna in Serie A when I was 16, and those experiences made me this person. Just as importantly, I never played for a big club. My teams were normal, ordinary, but through hard work, we became successful.
It’s important to work with a team if you believe in the project. If I’m not happy, I leave. This is true for everyone in every job.
Racist behaviour must be stigmatised so that it can be no more.
Torres is a fantastic striker, and I think it was difficult for Liverpool to sell him because he’s such an important player for them.
Living in England is fascinating: I discover a new world every day.
At Inter, I earned my wages based on the results on the field.
I know only one way: work hard.
Balotelli I have known since I gave him his debut at 17.
To lead your country is the crowning ambition for any coach.
You are born with the talent; then you work with it. You develop the right mentality.
Every manager can improve.
In my day, 20-year-olds already had 150 first-team appearances under their belts.
You don’t lose matches because the president lives elsewhere.
It is very difficult when I have to choose a first 11 because I understand the feelings that players gave when players are on the bench; it is very difficult.
Sometimes I had bad behaviour with managers that I loved at Sampdoria, like Vujadin Boskov and Sven-Goran Eriksson. I understand that this can happen during the game or when you are substituted.
I don’t think there can be a player who doesn’t play and is happy.
The Scottish fans are the best in the world. I love them.
In Italy, you get three or four goals, you go slow, you stop.
You can only win if you have good players.
You should always play 100 per cent, and you shouldn’t expect every decision from the referee.
You need two or three players who can do that – play behind the striker, on the right wing, the left wing… striker, maybe. If we have those, it’s good for the team.
In Italy, everyone is talking about the referee for three days before the game – ‘We don’t like him. He is no good.’
In football, you can do well even without spending huge amounts.
You don’t win games by being aggressive. You win by being relaxed.
It is normal to be under pressure in England and Italy when you arrive in the last two months of the season. Every manager is talked about, and their squad is examined.
When I was a player, I was always interested in management.
In the national team, the armband always goes to the player with the most caps.