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.
— Antonio Conte
The English experience has greatly enriched me, and I'd like to carry on as manager.
I miss Italy; that's beyond doubt.
Many times, I know before I speak to the player what they are thinking. It's very important to know when to push, when to put the pressure on, and when to take it off.
When I first starting coaching, I used a megaphone.
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.
If they deserve it, I'm ready to play with very young players. Why not?
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.
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.
To arrive and try to fight for the Champions League, to try to fight to be the best in the world, you need time.
When you are in a new country, and you are alone and know that your family don't stay here, it is not simple.
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.
It is very difficult in the transfer market for the teams that need to improve their squads.
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.
When I was a player, I wanted to win the Ballon d'Or, but I knew my characteristics; I knew that it was impossible.
David Luiz has to work with the others if he deserves to play; otherwise, he will stay on the bench or in the stands.
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.
I think that when I start a season, I speak with my players, and I always talk about education and respect. And I demand this, but I give this.
Foreseeing the future is always difficult.
I think my task is to work with my players, to improve my team. This is my task.
Video analysis is big for me. Through video, you see good things and bad things and can show players how to improve.
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.
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.
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.
To defend - it is very difficult to win two titles in a row.
Sometimes you can win, and you are preparing to disrupt yourself. Sometimes you don't win, but you are preparing yourself to be better.
Every season is tough.
For me, to have my family with me is very important.
For me, it is sad when I listen to this, that one player must be more selfish to reach the top level.
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.
You have to have respect on the pitch.
I like to call it a 'sacred fire' when you have it inside you: the will to win every game.
Our target is to win, not to try to make all the players happy.
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.
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.
Ours is the most precarious work, as you are in one place today, and tomorrow you are in another.
I hope to have my players in good physical condition, all players, and then to face all competitions.
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.
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.
Every coach, during a game, it is important to understand the situation to change.
To play three games in seven days is not simple, above all for our wings-backs.
Every game, I have to make the best decision. I repeat: my players must be happy to stay in Chelsea and to play for Chelsea and to play for our fans. They must be happy if they start the game or if they stay on the bench and come on.
Sometimes you can win, but you are not building something positive for your future.
I like to see the present, to work for the present, and to try to improve for the future.
I don't think a player like Messi is a selfish player.
The target for every great champion is to play for the team.
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.
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.
I must take the best decision for the club, not for a single player.
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.
