Quotes About Italy

With what I have learned in Italy, if I have the chance to learn something more in England I think it would make me a more complete, better player.

For a Spaniard, Italy is the best place to live. You've got all the beauty, history, art, good food, and fashion.

It's hard to imagine going back to Italy, despite my experience in Serie A being extraordinary.

Italy was the hardest league to score goals in. Those guys just love defending.

Just being able to go out to dinner at the trendiest restaurants - in Italy, I can't do that.

I love Italy; in Italy, I grew up like a man and like a player. I felt Italy like a family.

People say the English players don't come to Italy because they look down on Serie A, but that's just not true.

I know a lot of people want to see me fight in Italy.

I love Italy. I always said that some part of me is Italian since I moved to Milano.

All the best players wanted to come to Italy.

Football in Italy at the end of the '80s and beginning of '90s was the best all over the world.

Brexit is a disaster, Italy won't be real about its debt, and the European Union is in trouble.

I am very happy and satisfied with my first year in Italy.

I spent many years in Italy, I've lived just 5km away from the track and the Monza atmosphere is very special.

When I do retire, I am going to go back to Italy.

There is no racism in Italy.

People say that Andrea Pirlo is the main player and that everything goes through him, but that's an illusion. Pirlo is a brilliant player but doesn't dominate Italy's play as much as people say.

In Italy, one game you win and score, you cannot go in the street because the people are so enthusiastic, and when you lose they go crazy. After the game they wait for you.

When I was back in Italy my friends ask me about MLS. I say I am happy, I like it here.

Living in Italy meant growing up without MTV.

I am still around too many Italian people to start speaking like a guy from London. I live in Italy for six months of the year, all the people in my restaurants are Italian and it means that when I speak, it is always with an Italian accent in my head.

I always go back to Italy for holidays because I live half my life on the island of Sardinia.

Italy is a hot country. Wherever you feel heat, your excitement and passion come out. We're hot-blooded, and where there's passion there's love, but also anger, hunger, excitement.

I never tried to convince my wife to move to Italy. She wouldn't have liked that.