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I want to be strong because you believe in me. You have to trust me. I give my knowledge to you. That is my philosophy.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Trust Me
Be Strong
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When we won the title, I received gifts and cards, bottles of wine, and Champagne. When I was sacked, my house was full.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Bottles
Cards
Champagne
Wine
Gifts
Received
Sacked
Title
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One beautiful day, a radiant day, Mr Roman Abramovich introduced himself to me and said I should put a shopping list together.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Beautiful
Shopping
Together
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I think the strength of the man is to have the right balance. Not to be so high when you win; not to be so down when you lose.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Right Balance
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Thinking of the dismissal by Leicester, the first thing that comes to mind is a sense of surprise even more than of bitterness.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Bitterness
Surprise
First Thing
The First Thing
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What football means to an Italian coach is tactics, trying to control the game by following the ideas and systems of the manager.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Following
Italian
Manager
Systems
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I love the English spirit because when I was a player, I was an Englishman: I was fighting, and you had to kill me if you wanted to win.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Fighting
English
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Buffon is a gentleman thinking only of the ball [after Gianluigi Buffon's strong tackle on Andy Carroll during a friendly with Newcastle
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Gentleman
Strong
Thinking
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It's not important how many mistakes you make; it's about how many chances you create and how many goals you score. That is my philosophy.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Score
Mistakes
Chances
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Damien is Damien. When I don't put him in the squad my mother, who's 84, asks 'why isn't Damien playing?' She kills me about it and that's true
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Football
Mother
Soccer
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I have won trophies around Europe, but never the title. Three times, I was runner-up. Leicester and the fans will be in my heart for all of my life.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Europe
Fans
Heart
Runner Up
Three
Trophies
Life Heart My Life
Life Heart Will
Around
Won
Times
Life My Life Fans
My Life
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If it is the case that you need just a first 11 and three or four more players, then why did Christopher Columbus sail to India to discover America?
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Football
Player
Soccer
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If you go in Spain, you have to play with another style. The English culture is the English culture. If you come here, you have to play in this style.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Spain
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I am a lucky man because when I was young, I wanted to be a footballer. Suddenly, around 30 years old, I thought, 'I want to try to be a manager because it's different.'
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Footballer
Manager
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I started coaching in the Interregionale league in Catanzaro. There were pitches with no grass; at times, we had no water, no training equipment. I had to do it all myself.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Equipment
Grass
Pitches
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Over the years I've learned that, to be a good manager, you need to have passion, and you need to have a strong character. Without those things, the job is very, very difficult.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Good Manager
Strong Character
Manager
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I'm from Italy, the home of Vivaldi, Rossini, Puccini. When I stopped playing and became a manager, football became like a beautiful piece of music to me - and the players, an orchestra.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Orchestra
Italy
Manager
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Inside me there are two people. One is a very aggressive - I want to win; I won the Premier League, but now I want to win on Saturday. I want to win next season - and is never satisfied.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Aggressive
Premier League
Satisfied
Saturday
Me People Win
Premier
Two People
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If I am angry, I am angry. If I am angry, then I have to be calm, and to be calm, I have to tell you to your face what I think about you. If we don't agree, then okay, 'Bye!' It's no problem.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Angry
Bye
Calm
No Problem
Face I Am Your
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I have a lot of admiration for those who build tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good coach must do is build the team around the characteristics of his players.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Admiration
Characteristics
Good Always Must
Good Important Always
Most Important Thing
Systems
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Everyone's second team in Italy is Leicester. In Thailand, the first team is Leicester. I've received letters from Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil - everywhere 'Leicester, Leicester, what a legend.'
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Brazil
Letters
Thailand
Legend
Italy
Received
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In my view, fitness training isn't that important in England, as they all train with such intensity anyway and have a competitive edge when just sprinting. The matches are all hard-fought, too.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Fitness
England
Intensity
Training
Anyway
Competitive
Edge
Matches
Sprinting
View
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All managers are under pressure. It's our life, always. It's about how we manage the pressure, the victory, we have to manage everything, even me - the bookmakers put me under pressure every time!
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Manage
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Wherever I go, the club is never to stay on the same square on the board: they have to move up. I don't know if it's coincidence, some calling, or destiny - but whatever it is, it's the story of my life.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Calling
Coincidence
Board
Square
Wherever
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With Chelsea, the job was this: move up to the top, get into Europe. And I did that - fourth place in the Premier League and then into the Champions League, the season before Abramovich and all the money arrived.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Champions League
Chelsea
Fourth
Premier League
Arrived
Champions
Premier
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It is with passion that I love my job. But it is with character that I am able to keep looking forward. Not just beyond criticism or bad results, but also beyond the good moments, too. Everything has to be a balance.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Able
Balance
Character
Criticism
Good Moments
Looking Forward
Moments
Passion
Job
Love Good I Am
Looking
Love Good Character
Beyond
Forward
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I remember when I was first time in Serie A, we were down the bottom, no one was speaking about Cagliari. And we were safe, one day before the final match. With Parma, we went down, but we were positive right to the end. There are the little details, but you have to continue.
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Bottom
Details
Remember When
Final
Match
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I want to buy pizza, but my players don't want pizza; maybe they don't love pizza. Because I said when we make a clean sheet, I will buy everybody a pizza. Maybe they wait until I say, 'Okay, a good dinner.' I told them, the clean sheet, I buy everybody a pizza. I think they wait until I improve my offer: 'Okay, a pizza and a hot dog.'
Claudio Ranieri / Football Manager
Hot Dog
Pizza
Sheet
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