I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

Choose the best player for every position, and you'll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1's.

Surviving the first round is never my aim. Ideally, I'd be in one group with Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Then I'd have lost two rivals after the first round. That's how I think. Idealisitic.

I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.

I'm ex-player, ex-technical director, ex-coach, ex-manager, ex-honorary president. A nice list that once again shows that everything comes to an end.

If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible, and if you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.

Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.