Quotes About Culture

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 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.

There is no racism in Italy.

Nobody should imagine that they could go to England and change the way that football is played there. Just as nobody should imagine that they could come to Italy and change the culture or the DNA of Italian football. Or even the DNA of the club where they work.

Italy is best for holidays.

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

Like everybody coming from Europe, I didn't believe it at first, but you really need time to adjust. I thought it was going to be like going from Croatia to Italy. But you really need the time just to understand things here.

I was disrespectful everywhere: U.S., Italy, France.

The best place to go in Italy for a summer holiday is the island of Sardinia.

In the past a lot of Italians emigrated to Argentina, and now us Argentinians, and in my case, us footballers, are returning to Italy. We always try to keep our identity.

If it's good-looking men you're after, the place to go is Italy. Every Italian I've ever come across is handsome.

I don't think Italy is a racist country, because there are so many immigrants.

When I was in Italy in the 90s, early 2000s, everybody wanted to go to Italy, all the players.

Football in Italy is crazy and the people are very crazy, too, so I think we are used to it.

I really like Italy. I am good there and they treat me good.

You don't criticise Totti in Italy. There might have been reasons to, sometimes, but you don't touch him.

Instead of only doing songs and item dance,' we need to have a hard look at ourselves not only as actors, but people in this society.

Item numbers are not for me.

I believe in item songs.