“I’m against cigarettes, always.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I’m very happy about what I did in Manchester. I love the Manchester City supporters, and I had a fantastic experience.”
― Roberto Mancini
“In Italy, everyone is talking about the referee for three days before the game – ‘We don’t like him. He is no good.’”
― Roberto Mancini
“He’s a great champion. I can tell you that I was amazed by Drogba – he’s a great person.”
― Roberto Mancini
“You should always play 100 per cent, and you shouldn’t expect every decision from the referee.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Sometimes you think that a reconstruction project can be done more quickly than you expected.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I don’t think Mourinho wants to have friends, or maybe that’s just the way he likes to appear.”
― Roberto Mancini
“After you win a Premier League, the second year is more difficult.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I like being angry every day.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I’ve always been the same. I’ve had the same mentality ever since I was playing with my friends at school. I want to win. I only want to win.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I don’t like to participate at anything and not finish first.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I like to go out on my bike. That’s when I do my thinking. Two or three hours on the roads – that’s when you get time, and you can think without problems.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Even the best teams, there are times during the year when you cannot win, and you don’t know why. Maybe you are unlucky; you make chances, and you cannot score.”
― Roberto Mancini
“In Italy, you get three or four goals, you go slow, you stop.”
― Roberto Mancini
“You are there to score goals, and doing so shows respect for your opponent, it demonstrates that you are taking him seriously.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I played for Bologna in Serie A when I was 16, and those experiences made me this person. Just as importantly, I never played for a big club. My teams were normal, ordinary, but through hard work, we became successful.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I played for Sampdoria and stayed there 15 years. Of course, I could have gone to Juventus, to AC Milan, to Inter Milan many times, but I preferred to remain because Sampdoria were my family, from the owners to the players.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Balotelli I have known since I gave him his debut at 17.”
― Roberto Mancini
“In Italy, some managers want distance from the players, the Fabio Capello style, but that is not my way. I am more like Carlo Ancelotti. There are aspects of the players’ behaviour I do not understand, but I want them to respect our situation. If they do that, I have a lot of respect for them, too, and I will do everything to help them.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I like the Bundesliga.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I don’t think there can be a player who doesn’t play and is happy.”
― Roberto Mancini
“When you work, you know you can have some problem with the players. This is normal because the manager wants the players to work hard, play well, and the players should understand this.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Sometimes it is difficult to understand why some players have certain agents.”
― Roberto Mancini
“It’s not difficult to manage Tevez. We had a good relationship always.”
― Roberto Mancini
“We need to remember that simply being Inter is not enough to win football matches.”
― Roberto Mancini
“You don’t lose matches because the president lives elsewhere.”
― Roberto Mancini
“It is normal to be under pressure in England and Italy when you arrive in the last two months of the season. Every manager is talked about, and their squad is examined.”
― Roberto Mancini
“When you go to another country, you can work with different players in different situations, in a different culture.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Every manager can improve.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I am sure that I have improved in England.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I have great respect for him. Sir Alex has won many trophies and is the most important manager in the world.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Inter and their fans have always remained in my heart.”
― Roberto Mancini
“In every club, 11 players are happy and the others unhappy. This is correct because if one player doesn’t play and is happy, he’s crazy.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Cristiano is one of the best players in the world.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I’m sorry to see Balotelli waste his talent the way he does, but I think he can keep people entertained by scoring goals.”
― Roberto Mancini
“The national team can do so much for Italian football, as can even lads who no-one knows or who play in the lower Leagues.”
― Roberto Mancini
“In my day, 20-year-olds already had 150 first-team appearances under their belts.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Racist behaviour must be stigmatised so that it can be no more.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Sometimes a player thinks it’s enough what they did the year before and doesn’t understand that every day they should improve.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Sometimes you get players who think it is not important to work, and this is their worst mistake.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Neymar is a good player.”
― Roberto Mancini
“If you have a top winger, you are going to win a lot of games.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Football is strange, especially after a World Cup.”
― Roberto Mancini
“For a player, it is important to work and work well and improve every day in pre-season.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I like English football because you play all the games from the start of the Premier League to the very last game always 100%. Even when squads in the last two or three games have just been relegated, they still play 100%.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Before I was a manager, I was a player for 11 years.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Do I have the mental strength? I left home when I was 13 years old.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Being the manager of Manchester City is fantastic for me. It’s good.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I always try to work hard and well if it’s possible.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Villarreal is a difficult place to go, and if you want to win there, you have to play very hard and very well.”
― Roberto Mancini
“You can’t win every year. This is impossible in England.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I think a player like Van Persie can play for every team because he’s a top player.”
― Roberto Mancini
“When I played, I always wanted to attack. This is my philosophy.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Manchester is the same as Milan. The weather is the same, and you have two big clubs fighting against each other.”
― Roberto Mancini
“In football, you can do well even without spending huge amounts.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I have said many times that I was a Juventus fan when I was a child.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Living in England is fascinating: I discover a new world every day.”
― Roberto Mancini
“What do you think I am in Manchester for, the weather? I am here to win – only to win, always to win.”
― Roberto Mancini
“There are players whose only target is their day off, and that is a big problem.”
― Roberto Mancini
“When I played, sometimes we would have one game in a week; now there are no free moments, no time, not even for family.”
― Roberto Mancini
“You can win with strong players, but you cannot win with angels.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Ibrahimovic? In my opinion, Ibra is the best striker in Europe. It makes me laugh when people say he misses crucial chances.”
― Roberto Mancini
“January is an odd month for everyone because of the transfer market, while it can happen during a season to have a momentary wobble.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Trequartista is an important position in the team.”
― Roberto Mancini
“For me, David Silva is a fantastic player because his technique is incredible, and he understands when the right time to pass the ball is.”
― Roberto Mancini
“It is very difficult when I have to choose a first 11 because I understand the feelings that players gave when players are on the bench; it is very difficult.”
― Roberto Mancini
“You can only win if you have good players.”
― Roberto Mancini
“In every team, there are players that don’t seem important, but in the end, they prove to be one of the most important players. These players are quiet but can play in every position. They help the manager and their team-mates and are always available. They fight for every ball.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I know only one way: work hard.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I was lucky enough to experience an exceptional period with City. We won so much and played great football.”
― Roberto Mancini
“To lead your country is the crowning ambition for any coach.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I do not think I will go to China. They called me, but I said no because, for me, the real place for football is in Europe.”
― Roberto Mancini
“The Scottish fans are the best in the world. I love them.”
― Roberto Mancini
“If Celtic were to build a team strong enough to regularly compete in the Champions League, I might decide to manage them one day.”
― Roberto Mancini
“In the national team, the armband always goes to the player with the most caps.”
― Roberto Mancini
“When you’re abroad, you always miss your country.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I think that Balotelli could be as good as Torres – and even better than him.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Balotelli can play as a striker, as a winger.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Torres is a fantastic striker, and I think it was difficult for Liverpool to sell him because he’s such an important player for them.”
― Roberto Mancini
“When you have a team that has won for 20 years, the mentality is strong. When you don’t play well, you still know you are a strong team.”
― Roberto Mancini
“It’s important that a player can play in different positions for if we have to change tactics.”
― Roberto Mancini
“You need two or three players who can do that – play behind the striker, on the right wing, the left wing… striker, maybe. If we have those, it’s good for the team.”
― Roberto Mancini
“It’s important to work with a team if you believe in the project. If I’m not happy, I leave. This is true for everyone in every job.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I like to work on the pitch, and only in this way can you beat important teams. If you don’t believe in yourself and your job, it’s difficult.”
― Roberto Mancini
“People talk about the speed of the English game, but in Italy, referees blow their whistles very often, so you cannot build up speed. In England, referees wave play on, and so it becomes faster.”
― Roberto Mancini
“English football is very different from Italian; it’s more physical, and matches are always very open.”
― Roberto Mancini
“When I was a player, I was always interested in management.”
― Roberto Mancini
“You don’t win games by being aggressive. You win by being relaxed.”
― Roberto Mancini
“When you win, you are at the top, and when you lose, you are a stupid manager.”
― Roberto Mancini
“When you lose, people don’t understand why you play this way or don’t pick that player.”
― Roberto Mancini
“You are born with the talent; then you work with it. You develop the right mentality.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I like to take up difficult challenges and work hard towards achieving my goals.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I always win. I think, one season with Lazio, we didn’t win anything, but our premier target was to take the Champions League place, and we got into the Champions League.”
― Roberto Mancini
“At Inter, I earned my wages based on the results on the field.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I believe I have demonstrated the ability to coach and work well under pressure.”
― Roberto Mancini
“I won with Fiorentina, Lazio, and Inter.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Sometimes I had bad behaviour with managers that I loved at Sampdoria, like Vujadin Boskov and Sven-Goran Eriksson. I understand that this can happen during the game or when you are substituted.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Sarri is a racist, and men like him should be drummed out of football.”
― Roberto Mancini
“In every city where there are two teams, the rivalry is very intense. Rome, Milan, everywhere – it’s very strong.”
― Roberto Mancini
“Young people are our future, and I always want to help them to grow.”
― Roberto Mancini
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