Quotes from Claudio Ranieri

It's not possible to win all matches.

I believe only in the mathematics.

I am not a man who wants revenge.

I think everyone is the perfect owner.

The battle is long, but that's football, sport.

I try to forget the past.

I don't like pasta.

I never hitched my wagon to anyone, so what I achieved over the years was done with only my results on the field.

Words are fine, but the most important thing is what happens on the pitch.

It's not important how many mistakes you make; it's about how many chances you create and how many goals you score. That is my philosophy.

Football is about dreams, about feeling a special sensation, giving a surprise, and inspiring joy.

Damien is Damien. When I don't put him in the squad my mother, who's 84, asks 'why isn't Damien playing?' She kills me about it and that's true

It's important to go out on the pitch and make a fantastic performance.

It's one thing trying it in training and another entirely on the pitch.

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.

I want to buy pizza, but my players don't want pizza; maybe they don't love pizza. Because I said when we make a clean sheet, I will buy everybody a pizza. Maybe they wait until I say, 'Okay, a good dinner.' I told them, the clean sheet, I buy everybody a pizza. I think they wait until I improve my offer: 'Okay, a pizza and a hot dog.'

When you play in the Champions League, you are switched on - very, very smart and focused on every situation.

Football is open; it is not only keeping possession of the ball and making more passes.

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.

What football means to an Italian coach is tactics, trying to control the game by following the ideas and systems of the manager.

The love the people of Leicester showed towards me was incredible. Even more than winning the Premier League.

With Chelsea, the job was this: move up to the top, get into Europe. And I did that - fourth place in the Premier League and then into the Champions League, the season before Abramovich and all the money arrived.

I won the most important league in Europe, I think - not just Europe but the world - the Premier League.

I think I am a nice man, but also, I am demanding.