Quotes About Lazio

I think I am going to be part of a success story at Lazio.

I don't know if I'll end my career here. Perhaps by the time I am 33, Lazio will be so successful that they need more important players than me.

The Lazio fans always stop [at the bakery] on their way home from the stadium to stand in the street for hours, leaning up against their motorcycles, talking about the game, looking macho as anything, and eating cream puffs. I love Italy.

Joining Lazio at 26 years old, I'm in my prime.

I'd won three cups with Lazio - then, against the odds, we won Serie A, the Italian equivalent of the Premier League. Rome went wild. Thousands of people filled the streets, and fans even jumped on my car. I became known as Il Mitico - 'the legend.'

I could have moved to Russia, earned more money, and felt more relaxed. But I chose another option and joined Lazio.

Sometimes I thought that maybe it would have been better to stay in Italy, to stay at Lazio.

From 1997 I was at Lazio for three and a half years and they were lucky times - a beautiful time. The chairman did almost everything I asked. We won seven trophies and were excellent.

By April 1998, the fortunes of Lazio were on the rise as they won their first trophy in 24 years. Meanwhile, my salary of around £400,000 basically tripled overnight when TV companies started paying for rights to broadcast games.

He is better than me in everything. I can only learn from Simone: he is a modern coach and seeing his Lazio side is a spectacle.

I have remained a Lazio fan and that was the strongest team I ever coached.

I was close to Napoli and it's true that I did hope to one day play for them, but I am so happy here that after arriving at Lazio, I stopped thinking about it.