Quotes from Claudio Ranieri

You use up a lot of mental energy in the Champions League.

I hear what they're saying. I ask my English tutor, 'What is this word 'tinkerer?''

I always question myself, but I always say, 'Come on, we can do something good.'

It is very important to be humble but to maintain the conviction that we can do something good.

All my players must be ready because, sooner or later, I will need them.

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.

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.

If you are a loser in this sport, you are a loser also in life.

What matters is getting the best out of the squad you have.

There is too much unhappiness in football, no?

I'm from Italy, the home of Vivaldi, Rossini, Puccini. When I stopped playing and became a manager, football became like a beautiful piece of music to me - and the players, an orchestra.

If I am angry, I am angry. If I am angry, then I have to be calm, and to be calm, I have to tell you to your face what I think about you. If we don't agree, then okay, 'Bye!' It's no problem.

Over the years I've learned that, to be a good manager, you need to have passion, and you need to have a strong character. Without those things, the job is very, very difficult.

All the time, I said to my players, 'I don't care about the name on the badge or the name of the opponents.'

My wife is the expert, but I like art particularly. I like Van Gogh.

I have to thank Leicester City Football Club. The adventure was amazing and will live with me forever.

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!

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.

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.

If you aren't a loser, you fight; you continue to fight, believe.

I am a loyal man.

I am a serious man, a loyal man.

Am I too loyal to my players? I could be, could be.

Sometimes the manager says one thing and does another thing!