Claudio Ranieri Quotes

When you step on the field, you want to be a starter. You want to be the person everybody looks to and says, 'If we need a play to be made, let's go to him.'

Everyone has got to be prepared and ready to play when the manager calls on you.

I want to be one of the guys, but I also want to be 'the' guy, the guy that can go out there and they can rely on in crunch time. I'm going to be the guy that they know will show up every day, every game, every play and show up on a consistently great level.

We're looking for a guy that can step it up.

I wanna be that glue guy: I want to be a guy my team and my coach can count on. That's what I want to be.

My belief is whether I'm the starter, whether I'm the backup, I'm going to show up the same exact way. I'm going to prepare the same exact way, and I'll always be ready to go.

No player puts the team on their back.

I enjoy being held accountable, I enjoy holding my teammates accountable and being someone that my teammates can depend on.

My teammates trust me; they know I make the right plays. I'm not a selfish guy.

I will go off at times. Overall, I'm a pretty good teammate.

I want to be the guy the captain can trust.

I have always had a lot of responsibility, and I have always been committed wherever I have been asked to play.

I ask myself in every game to be the one to take responsibility.

You create a big-club mentality with the trust of the players, the trust that the team will get results, and then, when results are not good, the trust to continue with your idea.

I'm just going to do my job, what coach wants me to do, be a defensive piece, and when needed to be a scorer, I'm going to be that.

The important thing is to be ready when the team needs me. As long as I can do that, I consider myself satisfied and happy.

I've got to be the one at the end of games that people can rely on, that our guys can rely on.

I feel like I'm a guy you can give the ball to, and I'll run with it.

I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.

I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated.

I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he's going to do, even when it's hard - especially when it's hard.

When I see someone who has responsibilities, most of the time I can pinpoint that person because of the way he carries himself.

I'm not the No. 1 starter. I'm not the guy that's going to carry the staff for four months out of the season, but I can contribute in a lot of ways. And to me I'm very proud of that.

A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.