Antonio Conte Quotes

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.

If you've got an opportunity to improve your squad before a World Cup you must take it.

You want to play a whole game, but in the preseason you've got to be smart.

Fail to plan, plan to fail.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes.

We necessarily operate in an environment in which there's a great deal of uncertainty. In such an environment, it makes sense to use a risk-management approach to identify and avoid the big mistakes. That's one reason I favor a cautious approach.

You just need a good plan and then a back-up plan!

This is something that baffles me about managers: if you know the formation that you will revert to if you are in trouble, why not start with it?

Football is a game of errors. You want to make your rivals commit them and to avoid them yourself.

I will take less risks. When the options aren't appearing, I will clear it into the stands or play a long ball up front.

Only knowing two hours before the game that you are playing is not a problem. You prepare as though you're playing. If you don't, that's the mistake.

You have to have a plan, or else you're just creating a recipe for chaos.

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

I may say that this is the greatest factor: the way in which the expedition is equipped, the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits him who has everything in order, luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time, this is called bad luck.

An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.

We go in with eyes wide open and recognize there will be a lot of hard work involved. But we anticipate having success. We feel like we have assembled a great group of people. If we were going to do it any other way, we would have made an announcement a long time ago. We were very diligent.

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.

Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.

We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.

The seven Ps: Proper Planning and Preparation Prevent Piss-Poor Performance

The one who anticipates the action wins. The one who does not, loses.

Strategy is about shaping the future.