Quotes from Antonio Conte

For me, it is sad when I listen to this, that one player must be more selfish to reach the top level.

Even more than results, it matters that the players give everything for their shirt, and if they do that whether they're relegated or not, the fans are ready to applaud.

Every manager must be prepared to face every situation.

After the training session, video analysis. You can see the good and the bad, show players how to improve. Not because I want to find blame. Sometimes 20 or 30 minutes of video is more important than three training sessions.

The way I suffer after a defeat is not for all, because I suffer. I suffer. But those who know me know that, after this, I start stronger with more hunger, more desire, because I don't like to lose.

I try to dress well. Not just now at Chelsea, but all my career, at my clubs and the national team in Italy, I like to wear a nice suit on the touchline.

To arrive and try to fight for the Champions League, to try to fight to be the best in the world, you need time.

I think, in every situation, it's important to find the right balance. If you have to spend money, try and spend that money in the right way to take players with the right characteristics for your idea of football.

When I was a player, I wanted to win the Ballon d'Or, but I knew my characteristics; I knew that it was impossible.

Chelsea belongs in the Champions League, and we must stay there.

I prefer to be favourites on the pitch; not with words.

You have to have respect on the pitch.

When I first starting coaching, I used a megaphone.

All my coaching life, I am the same, always on the touchline, the same way. I am in the game all the time. I am focused.

I hope to have my players in good physical condition, all players, and then to face all competitions.

It's important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player's strength and their weakness.

Sometimes you can win, but you are not building something positive for your future.

Every coach, when starting work at a new club, hopes to stay many, many years because it means you are working very well. You have the possibility to improve your players, to improve your team, and to grow together.

My talent as a footballer was medium. But I had heart, a will to win, to work to overcome my limitations.

Ours is the most precarious work, as you are in one place today, and tomorrow you are in another.

The Premier League is an extremely difficult competition.

I want to protect my club. I want to try to protect my players. I want to try to protect my fans. Also, I want to try to protect the Premier League.

Sometimes you can win, and you are preparing to disrupt yourself. Sometimes you don't win, but you are preparing yourself to be better.

For me, it's important to concentrate to the present and leave the past.