Claudio Ranieri Quotes

Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.

Even though I retired from coaching, I still believe that is my calling.

I just think to be a manager you've got to live and breathe and have this incredible enthusiasm for football, the whole thing. And while I love the game, and it's been a large part of my life, it's not the only thing in my life.

I will miss the day to day stuff because I love coaching. I love being out on the pitch.

All the way through the youth ranks at Sao Paulo, I've always been the captain.

I train hard, every day, not because it's my job but because I love football.

I love standing on the pitch too much to focus on anything else - if I want to be a coach or something.

I try to motivate and inspire people by showing them how much I love this sport and love this organization.

Sports is my passion.

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.

And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think.

I love football now. I have a club in Sarajevo, and I love that. The fans are fantastic. The people who run the club are incredible, honest people, and they really motivate me.

I'd give my life to be the national team coach.

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

Football is unconditional love.

The real reason for coming to Montour is my love and respect for football.

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

I'm very driven, and I play with a lot of passion. So sometimes I'm a little too amped up because I love playing football and I'm very passionate about this game and playing for my teammates.

To be successful in anything, you have to have a passion for it, and that leads to being enthusiastic and demanding. I didn't have it for history. So I wouldn't have been a good teacher in that area. But I had it for basketball. And that's what coaching is at every level: it's about teaching.

I've been fortunate enough to have football lead me all over the world... If there's one constant I've witnessed throughout the journey, it has to be passion.

All my coaching life, I am the same, always on the touchline, the same way. I am in the game all the time. I am focused.

Obviously I love coaching. It's what I've done my whole life.

It's everything to me. This is my life. I love football so much.

In each profession, you need to feel passion for that in order to give it your best performance. Football is my passion.

I wanted to give back to football what it's given me. So, I decided, 'I'm going to be a coach.'