Antonio Conte

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I miss Italy; that's beyond doubt.
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The way I suffer after a defeat is not for all, because I suffer. I suffer. But those who know me know that, after this, I start stronger with more hunger, more desire, because I don't like to lose.
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I try to dress well. Not just now at Chelsea, but all my career, at my clubs and the national team in Italy, I like to wear a nice suit on the touchline.
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I hope to have my players in good physical condition, all players, and then to face all competitions.
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I think my task is to work with my players, to improve my team. This is my task.
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Foreseeing the future is always difficult.
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Ours is the most precarious work, as you are in one place today, and tomorrow you are in another.
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The English experience has greatly enriched me, and I'd like to carry on as manager.
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I try to avoid all mistakes. I try to prepare my players and to put them in the best condition to play the game. If you discover a problem during the game, it is too late. You must anticipate and prepare.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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David Luiz has to work with the others if he deserves to play; otherwise, he will stay on the bench or in the stands.
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I must take the best decision for the club, not for a single player.
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I like to call it a 'sacred fire' when you have it inside you: the will to win every game.
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When I was a player, I wanted to win the Ballon d'Or, but I knew my characteristics; I knew that it was impossible.
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You have to have respect on the pitch.
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I want to protect my club. I want to try to protect my players. I want to try to protect my fans. Also, I want to try to protect the Premier League.
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I don't want advantages for my team. I want the same rest as our opponents. It's very difficult to do this? I don't think so.
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For you to even enquire about one player, he is expensive. You go to buy a right-back, a left-back, or a central defender, and he is expensive.
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It is very difficult in the transfer market for the teams that need to improve their squads.
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For me, it is sad when I listen to this, that one player must be more selfish to reach the top level.
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In my team, I don't want selfish players. I prefer to lose a game than have selfish players. I don't want that in my club. Never.
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I don't think a player like Messi is a selfish player.
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For me, to have my family with me is very important.
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When you are in a new country, and you are alone and know that your family don't stay here, it is not simple.
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I like to see the present, to work for the present, and to try to improve for the future.
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Every season is tough.
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To arrive and try to fight for the Champions League, to try to fight to be the best in the world, you need time.
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Sometimes you can win, but you are not building something positive for your future.
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Sometimes you can win, and you are preparing to disrupt yourself. Sometimes you don't win, but you are preparing yourself to be better.
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Every coach, when starting work at a new club, hopes to stay many, many years because it means you are working very well. You have the possibility to improve your players, to improve your team, and to grow together.
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To defend - it is very difficult to win two titles in a row.
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We have to try to do our best in every game with great ambition, because we must always have the right ambition. But at the same time, sometimes you have to compliment your opponent. You must be honest and accept the result.
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To play three games in seven days is not simple, above all for our wings-backs.
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Sometimes the opponents deserve a red card, but instead, they carry on playing with 11 men. So you also have to be more lucky in the future.
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If they deserve it, I'm ready to play with very young players. Why not?
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Every coach, during a game, it is important to understand the situation to change.
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I like to study everything: the way to be dangerous when you are attacking; what the players should do when you don't have the ball; where they should be. The tactics you tell the players to follow come from all this study.
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I think, when you reach the top level, it is less about the money itself; it is important only because the level of earning shows the importance of the player or the manager. I don't think people want to have the money just to spend it. It is a reflection of your importance in football.
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I like to follow the training session with my voice. To call at them and explain my reasons and my ideas of football. It's important to make them understand: when to move, to time it right, not wrong - the right movement.
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Video analysis is big for me. Through video, you see good things and bad things and can show players how to improve.
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When I became a manager, my enthusiasm became more because when you have the possibility to waste your energy and show your passion during the game; it is good.
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It is important that when you play at home in front of your own fans, not to lose and to always try and win, to always give your all.
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My worry is to try to improve my players, to work with them, to find the best solution for the club, and to give satisfaction to the fans because they deserve the best.
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During a season, you have different moments, up and down, but you have to hope in a good team to have good stability.
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Every manager must be prepared to face every situation.
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The most important thing for me is the work, my job, and then to go to my house to be satisfied with my work.
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Perhaps I'll work as a director of football. I don't know.
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