Gianluca Vialli
Italian managers don't enjoy themselves at all.
In Italy managers are judged simply by results.
We were all in love with the club. We went to bed with Sampdoria pajamas on, while going to the Bogliasco training ground in the morning was always a joy: the blue of the sea on one side, the green of the hills on the other. Wonderful.
I'm looking forward to staying on the bench as a manager. I'm not going to push myself into the team or play for the sake of it.
I've tried to keep myself fit, but to be successful you need to think and train as a player.
I gave up at the right time, scoring a goal against Derby. I didn't hear anybody shouting, 'Please stop, you are getting too old.' That's a success. And I don't want to come back for the sake of it.
Obviously, I love playing football and I have kept fit.
It's difficult to be both a good player and a good manager.
The Champions League is worth more and allows you to write a page in football's history.
I really enjoyed coaching Chelsea. It was a different atmosphere with less money and a more familiar environment.
Chelsea are like a beautiful wife who married a richer man after leaving me.
You need to be unbelievably fit for Gaelic football.
You need pressure... I think in England players are not trained to deal with pressure.
When you wake up in the morning and you see the same beautiful face next to you, your wife, you don't get bored do you?
The three European finals I won, I remember very well.
It's an indescribable moment when you lift the cup and you scream with your supporters.
It's very important for me to play in London. It's a wonderful city.
Finishing second and getting in the Champions' League quarter-finals or semi-finals is fine, but at the end of the day you need to take some silverware.
In Italy, managers don't know how long they're going to be in charge for and there's always rumors about someone taking over.
Italian football is a laughing stock.
I have been thinking quite a lot about retiring... it is getting very difficult to be both a player and a manager.
I'm mentally drained even when I'm just sitting on the bench and not playing.
I'm not 25 anymore. It takes much longer to recover now from a game than before.
As a player I thought all managers were doing something wrong.
It's not simply a case of managing players as they used to be any more, because players now are like small companies. You have to deal with their agents and it's become extremely tough being a manager these days.
Celebrations have now become too selfish and I don't like it. When I used to score I was happy to celebrate with my team-mates. Now when players score it is all about them.
I love players but I'm afraid it has become a selfish culture.
I am happy working for Sky Italia, they pay me to go to watch football matches which is great by me.
I am absolutely satisfied with my experience in English football because despite the two dismissals it allowed me to win more than one trophy and to live in a different environment from Italy, where I feel very happy.
For me to live in England and be part of English football is the maximum of this life.
Italy should learn from the English system regarding security and civility.
If I played again it would be like Maradona or Platini playing again!
At Chelsea, even though I achieved a lot, they did not have great confidence in me.
My pleasure comes from doing my job in the best possible way. Whether it is at Chelsea or Juventus or Watford, it does not really matter.
You know, it's vital for me, when I take a job, to work with people I can enjoy working with.
Sometimes when Premiership referees drop down a division they think they can have an easy ride.
When the opposition has the ball you don't want to chase. You want to stay fresh for when the opportunity comes to score.
In England you probably have too many cups with the Champions League as it is now. You have the FA Cup and another cup; what's the point in that? Probably one cup should be more than enough.
Football is something great, but it is like making love: if you do it every minute you get bored, so you have to take your time and do it now and again.
Italian players go to bed and they think about the training session of that day and the one the day after.
You need to be humble, play with pride but also aggression.
A sore ankle, a swollen knee or a bruise makes you feel alive.
It's inevitable that you find out about your true self. There was so much I realized I had to work on, to try to improve.
Cancer is an unwanted travel companion, but I can't help it.
I played for four clubs during my career and for me it was like having four wives.
They say the Premier League is best league in the world. Or Roy Keane says we are brainwashed into believing it. He might be right. But I can definitely say it's the most entertaining league.
Pressure is a combination of expectations, scrutiny and consequences. If the consequences are grave, then you feel more pressure and if you feel more pressure you learn how to cope with that.
In Italy, you lose a game, you can't walk out of the stadium without having a police escort. You lose a game in England and you get out and, as long as you've done your best, you are asked to sign autographs and you see the kids and you see everybody and nothing happens.
Something I think that I'm good at is that I don't complain.
Having someone breathing on your neck can be good for you.