Top 66 Fabio Cannavaro Quotes

I started playing football in the streets.

I was strong inside my head.

If you have Messi or Ronaldo you start the game 1-0 up.

Someone who signs a contract must respect it.

Beyond studying, though, I think a coach should mainly have knowledge of football: if you do not know what to say to the players then you are not going anywhere.

Change does not mean you will win with a new coach and achieve victories, but rather it causes instability in the team as the new coach needs some time for the players to adapt his new plans, which are always different than the previous coach.

You know, when you are the Italian national team, all the time you need to win because for our history, it is important for us to try to win the World Cup.

I have great respect for Juve, whom gave me so much, where I won two championships.

Conte is a good friend and is very charismatic.

I began searching for my confidence on the pitch as a young boy.

I like Mourinho because he is intelligent. When his team are in difficulty he’s very good at focussing the attention on himself.

When someone becomes a part of the Azzurri squad that has won a World Cup, they are like family, and they never abandon anyone.

Going to Dubai represents a different way of life.

A coach needs time to get to know the players, the environment, the fans and the culture of the club. You can’t solve everything in one or two months.

I am Neapolitan and Naples are the team from where I grew up.

The only regret I can have is that Inter sold a player that is now completely recovered. I said many times that I wouldn’t have left Inter without showing who I was. But then they sold me.

It can be lonely as a manager out there. You are on the field, yes, but you are not really on the field with them. Yet I have to share with my players my experiences and my knowledge.

The national team has always lent its image to help Italy’s problems over the years… The national team is more about uniting than dividing.

If you work in a certain manner, you don’t make mistakes.

I would recommend all players go to Napoli, it is a gratifying and successful place.

Zidane was the most unpleasant among my colleagues. I have never liked him on the pitch and we have always clashed. Albeit a champion for his class, I have never managed to see his fair play.

Of course when you are starting to be a coach you want to do your best and my national team is my dream.

With Benitez, he should not be measured on his time at Inter. The Spanish coach has important experience. He has won trophies in England and Spain.

You know I was a ball boy at the Italy v. Argentina semi-final in Naples in 1990 and playing in a World Cup final is something every child dreams about.

For me, my passion is just to play the game, it doesn’t matter if no one comes to the stadium to watch.

I would love to become the national team coach. I am aware that it is a tough job, but I spent 15 years with Italy. In my opinion, I have the right experience for this role and I know the environment very well too.

I like the Klopp mentality but at the same time, I like the Pep culture about football because always we need intensity with and without the ball.

Iniesta deserved to win the Ballon d’Or. To win it, you have to be lucky that the attackers have not done so well. If Messi and Ronaldo score 50 or 60 goals, they will always give it to them.

Napoli will always have my heart, and it is normal that I want them to win.

Big or short, for me what was important was to win the game with my team.

I didn’t start out wanting to be a defender. Who would want to be in the back-line after having watched striker Paolo Rossi score six goals in the 1982 World Cup?

People who know me would know that I take one battle at a time.

I played Zidane throughout my career, and for many players you reach a point where you learn lessons on how to handle them. But from the first match I played against him to the last, Zidane would find different ways to beat me.

If you want to improve the football, of course you need to put attention on the academy, on the school, the facility.

I’m Italian and the privilege of working in my home country would fill me with pride. However, the opportunity to work in a variety of countries, learning new cultures and footballing mentalities, is also very valuable.

I never saw Pele, but I watched Maradona, for seven years I saw every game. He’s not one of the best, he’s the best.

I respect Messi a lot.

For a team of Evergrande’s level, fans hope to have the top coaches and the coach will definitely face various pressures.

I had good times with Juventus but when you are offered the chance to come to Real at almost 33 years of age it is a great opportunity.

It’s always good to win in the pre-season.

Del Piero is like Raul in Spain, he is the number one.

Juventus in Italy are like Real Madrid in Spain, when you enter the team it feels different.

Of course I wish to achieve the same results as Marcello Lippi did in his career.

I consider Zidane to be an amazing player who has written football history.

Sure it’s a dream to coach Napoli as well as the national team.

I like Mourinho a lot. He has a good relationship with fans, and he always takes responsibility for his players.

My parents every day said, ‘Ah, it’s better you go to school, it’s very important for your future.’ But inside myself, I said: ‘I think the good way is follow the football.’

Of course, we all know Italy is an amazing country. We have stunning coastlines and a scenic countryside. We have a climate that allows us to spend a lot of time outdoors. We have fashion, we have food. But life in Italy is so good that sometimes we tend to rest on our laurels.

As manager of Tianjin Quanjian every day, every week, I have to give our players everything I have.

Frank de Boer definitely showed in the Netherlands that he’s a good coach.

I have always been a Napoli fan, but the choice to move to Dubai is the right one.

I think to reach a Champions League final isn’t easy, whether it’s in Europe or Asia.

I do feel I’m a player who has played well in 2006.

Maradona, I think, is not a football player but he’s something different. He was unbelievable.

I’ve always been strong physically and I think for a player what happens off the field is even more important.

Real Madrid? I don’t have any nostalgia or bitterness.

If the opportunity came to manage Al Ahli then why not? I would also like to one day coach one of the globe’s great teams such as Italy, Real Madrid or Juventus.

When I first arrived at Napoli, I was the ball boy, which meant that I got to watch as the legends trained. Then, once I joined the youth team as a young teenager, I was a midfielder just like Tardelli.

The arrival of Beckham at Milan is not just a matter of marketing.

Size has never been a problem for me.

I have thought about moving to Dubai for a while. It’s a city that I love.

I have no regrets. I won with the most prestigious clubs in the world – Real Madrid and Juventus – and also with the national team. I won the Ballon d’Or and Fifa World Player at 33 years old.

Cassano? His talent has never been in question, but his character has. As Italian captain and a big admirer I can only wish him to control his nerves better.

An experience abroad really enriches you.

It’s not one person that changes the team.

As a player it was always not easy to play against Australia. It was always very difficult.