Quotes from Leonardo Bonucci

What Conte gave me was hunger, the desire to never give in, the mentality that allows you to go beyond pain to reach your objectives.

Real Madrid's interest? Yes, it's true, Real Madrid were interested in me. It was an honour and pleasure for me, it means that I have worked well in these years.

The players who played for Milan when I was a child are legends for what they've won and given to football. Then, when I got bigger, Nesta became my idol and I went on to become a defender.

Since I was in the youth team I would love to dribble past opponents with a dummy. That tendency got even stronger under Giampiero Ventura at Bari, as we never threw the ball away.

Belotti is someone who drags you forward, he's such a hard worker.

I want to win all the titles.

Juventus is an historic club that only fights to win.

I have always said that for me it would be an honour to continue at Juventus and to end my career here, because it's a shirt you are proud to wear.

When you meet someone who gives you good advice for your own, you must have the humility to listen.

I have the fortune of playing with world-class stars.

To those who call me a mercenary I say that I also had interest from abroad, where I would have earned more. I have chosen Milan because, in my head, there is the idea of repeating the course I had at Juventus, where we had started rebuilding, as in this case, and we came to the top.

The important thing is that when somebody isn't in top form, there is another ready to replace him.

Mr Conte is important as a coach that is able to really implement a game plan.

It is exactly in tough times when we discover our full potential, it allows our mind and body to push ourselves beyond our limits.

Pirlo's a leader - a silent leader, but one who knows how to carry his team through difficult moments.

If someone like Cristiano arrives at the club, then inevitably you will improve.

When the best manager in the world says you're one of his favourite players, you act like it's nothing, but you still can't help but have a smile on your lips.

There is nothing better than feeling you are a player that youngsters look up to.

These technical flicks and tricks come naturally to me and I don't really think about them. I did a backheel against Udinese and the coach would've strangled me if he could have!

The truth is that we should live with less envy and more cordiality and empathy.

What I discovered is that there has always been a soldier inside me; I just didn't know it.

Those months at Milan let me do some soul-searching and made me realise that my calling was at Juventus, who are like my family.

The decision to go to Milan, as everyone knows, made me mature as a man. It was a big chance and perhaps too big for the man I was at the time.

I hope to do with Milan what Pirlo did with Juve.