When I was a player, I wanted to win the Ballon d'Or, but I knew my characteristics; I knew that it was impossible.

Antonio Conte

Categorized in : Win Wanted Impossible Characteristics

The target for every great champion is to play for the team.

great champion team play

When I was in Italy, I liked to say, no, that the manager, the coach, is like a tailor. A tailor who must build a dress, the best dress for the team.

dress say best team

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.

lose you important together

Our target is to win, not to try to make all the players happy.

try win target happy

My talent as a footballer was medium. But I had heart, a will to win, to work to overcome my limitations.

win talent work heart

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.

best future situation mistake

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.

fight you team simple

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

good you trust football

I like to see the present, to work for the present, and to try to improve for the future.

try see future work

To arrive and try to fight for the Champions League, to try to fight to be the best in the world, you need time.

fight best you time

I think my task is to work with my players, to improve my team. This is my task.

players think team work

Ours is the most precarious work, as you are in one place today, and tomorrow you are in another.

you tomorrow work today

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

only great team truth

It's important for me to exalt my players in their strengths and to try and cover their weakness, no?

try me weakness important

As a player, I was very lucky to have so many good managers in my career. I remember the first two at Lecce: Eugenio Fascetti and Carlo Mazzone. They were very important for me and my growth.

good me growth remember

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

stay will play work

I must take the best decision for the club, not for a single player.

club best single decision

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

game win you fire

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.

story never best world

You have to have respect on the pitch.

pitch you respect