Quotes from Antonio Conte

When you are a player, a footballer, or a manager of a great club like Chelsea, you must play to win. To win. To win the title. Or to fight and, at the end, to compete with the other teams to win the title and reach your targets.

Every team has to understand what their ambitions are. If their ambitions are to fight for the title or win the Champions League, you must buy expensive players. Otherwise, you continue to stay in your level. It's simple.

To defend - it is very difficult to win two titles in a row.

I think, when you reach the top level, it is less about the money itself; it is important only because the level of earning shows the importance of the player or the manager. I don't think people want to have the money just to spend it. It is a reflection of your importance in football.

You are never relaxed in England. You have a tough league, the Champions League, the FA Cup and Carabao Cup.

I try to avoid all mistakes. I try to prepare my players and to put them in the best condition to play the game. If you discover a problem during the game, it is too late. You must anticipate and prepare.

Every game, I have to make the best decision. I repeat: my players must be happy to stay in Chelsea and to play for Chelsea and to play for our fans. They must be happy if they start the game or if they stay on the bench and come on.

I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football. It's important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players.

I like to call it a 'sacred fire' when you have it inside you: the will to win every game.

Paolo Maldini never won, but he was the best defender in the world. Gianluigi Buffon never won; he was the best goalkeeper in the world for many years. But this is the story of the Ballon d'Or.

It is very difficult in the transfer market for the teams that need to improve their squads.

I miss Italy; that's beyond doubt.

If they deserve it, I'm ready to play with very young players. Why not?

It is important for the manager to find the right solution for your team.

My worry is to try to improve my players, to work with them, to find the best solution for the club, and to give satisfaction to the fans because they deserve the best.

I don't think a player like Messi is a selfish player.

In Italy, you're in your comfort zone when it comes to language, lifestyle, your habits and preparations, and moving abroad is not easy. It's not easy to carry over your own ideas about football, your own methods. You have to get everything across in a different language, and that wastes a lot of energy.

When you try to build a team, you need a mix of talent.

I like to go to church. Religion is an important part in my life. It has helped me in bad moments.

When someone makes a mistake, it's right to underline this type of situation and find the best solution to avoid the same mistake in the future.

I prefer to be a great team not only on paper but also on the pitch. The pitch is the truth. The pitch speaks.

If you trust in an idea of football, and you trust in the team, it's important to have a squad with good balance.

Only one player is not important. The most important thing is the squad, and it's important to be together. You can't just lose it over one player.

David Luiz has to work with the others if he deserves to play; otherwise, he will stay on the bench or in the stands.