You can't win every year. This is impossible in England.
— Roberto Mancini
I always try to work hard and well if it's possible.
Before I was a manager, I was a player for 11 years.
Football is strange, especially after a World Cup.
Sometimes you get players who think it is not important to work, and this is their worst mistake.
In my day, 20-year-olds already had 150 first-team appearances under their belts.
Cristiano is one of the best players in the world.
I have great respect for him. Sir Alex has won many trophies and is the most important manager in the world.
Every manager can improve.
You don't lose matches because the president lives elsewhere.
Sometimes it is difficult to understand why some players have certain agents.
I don't think there can be a player who doesn't play and is happy.
Balotelli I have known since I gave him his debut at 17.
In Italy, everyone is talking about the referee for three days before the game - 'We don't like him. He is no good.'
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.
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.
I'm very happy about what I did in Manchester. I love the Manchester City supporters, and I had a fantastic experience.
You should always play 100 per cent, and you shouldn't expect every decision from the referee.
Being the manager of Manchester City is fantastic for me. It's good.
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%.
If you have a top winger, you are going to win a lot of games.
Sometimes a player thinks it's enough what they did the year before and doesn't understand that every day they should improve.
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.
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.
He's a great champion. I can tell you that I was amazed by Drogba - he's a great person.
When you go to another country, you can work with different players in different situations, in a different culture.
We need to remember that simply being Inter is not enough to win football matches.
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.
I like the Bundesliga.
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.
You are there to score goals, and doing so shows respect for your opponent, it demonstrates that you are taking him seriously.
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.
I like being angry every day.
I don't think Mourinho wants to have friends, or maybe that's just the way he likes to appear.
Villarreal is a difficult place to go, and if you want to win there, you have to play very hard and very well.
Do I have the mental strength? I left home when I was 13 years old.
For a player, it is important to work and work well and improve every day in pre-season.
Neymar is a good player.
Racist behaviour must be stigmatised so that it can be no more.
I'm sorry to see Balotelli waste his talent the way he does, but I think he can keep people entertained by scoring goals.
Inter and their fans have always remained in my heart.
I am sure that I have improved in England.
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.
It's not difficult to manage Tevez. We had a good relationship always.
I'm against cigarettes, always.
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.
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.
In Italy, you get three or four goals, you go slow, you stop.
I don't like to participate at anything and not finish first.
After you win a Premier League, the second year is more difficult.
