Quotes from Giorgio Chiellini

To get past a rival you have to be smart.

In the face of a big offer, no player is not for sale.

There are maybe four or five teams who will pay whatever they need to pay to get the player. They are huge sums, but that is the world we now live in - when one of those four or five teams want a player, then they usually get them.

The defensive phase is about the team, so it's about balance.

Pogba was our Usain Bolt - he allowed us to play in a certain way.

It is great to hear that Italian football now has many supporters in Asia.

I watched the Juventus of Ciro Ferrara and Paolo Montero, even going back to Claudio Gentile and Gaetano Scirea.

Have I ever hated anyone? Higuain - but he surprised me after getting to know him. No. 9s are selfish, they do a different job, but he has a generous, playful side. He's a demanding guy because you have to be pamper him, motivate him. He needs affection to feed the incredible potential he has.

Football has evolved, you can't compare with the past.

I have crossed Suarez on the field and it was a pleasure. He is a great forward and that always means a challenge. I would like to swap my shirt with him.

Weaknesses are part of human nature. What matters are the consequences they can have on a squad.

I think that Mbappe is better than Neymar because he's more consistent.

When I don't feel that I'm good enough, I put myself in a corner.

I do not know if we play the most beautiful or attractive football, but we certainly play more intelligently, more functionally and more precisely than anyone else.

Sergio Ramos is the best defender in the world, but it's not just me saying this.

We know that you can only achieve certain targets by working.

With all due respect, but Juventus are not Real Madrid or the AC Milan of Ronaldinho's days. They can win games 6-2 or 5-2. Juventus are not like that. We have to win 1-0 or 2-0. It's in the club's DNA. That does not mean we will not try to win 3-0, but we are a team that cannot concede a goal when we are ahead.

Us players are supposed to dish it out for 90 minutes.

Suarez and I are similar and I like facing strikers like him.

I was not born with many technical skills. I had to improve and work.

Hundreds of players have physical and technical talents but very few make it.

That has always been my character - on the pitch I have a strong temperament, but off the pitch I'm more serene, reflective. I manage to separate out those two things.

In a Champions League final you have to do your basics well but also be able to go above and beyond.

The Champions League must not be an objective but instead a dream for us to pursue.