Gennaro Gattuso Quotes

They say that when it comes to the depth chart, it can change any day and that we dictate how the depth chart goes. If one person has a great day, he might be going with the 'ones.' If a person slips up a little bit, he might be going with the 'twos' and 'threes.'

I have experience and have been in Europe many times, so I know squad rotation is necessary to make everyone in the side stronger.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

It's a disappointment to lose key players. On the other hand it creates an opportunity to play other players.

Of course I want to play every game, but only 11 can start.

I want to build a team who can play home and away the same.

I've got to think through all of those things - competition for places, players who need match minutes, and keeping the unity of the squad.

To say we have to play a certain way, or try to, every game is great in theory, but depending what players you have got you have to play to their strengths and cover up their weaknesses.

If you can utilize a guy's talents and not let other parts of the game suffer, you've got a winning mix.

I want to play every single player, but I can only play 11 at a time.

Every game, I have to make the best decision. I repeat: my players must be happy to stay in Chelsea and to play for Chelsea and to play for our fans. They must be happy if they start the game or if they stay on the bench and come on.

When I was with the Giants, I played for Dusty Baker, and I love Dusty to death. I think he's a great manager and great person, but he platooned me. His reasoning was to get everybody in the lineup. It wasn't that I couldn't play every day.

It is not always possible, but the best plan is always to keep hold of your best players.

Pep is a super coach! He is excellent. He is the best at analysing an opponent and the concept of a game. I don't know what impact he had on German football, but he left a mark on all of us at Bayern because of how he analysed and educated the players in each position and the way he taught us to play.

In my first season after Mancini signed me, I was injured a lot, but when I was fit, he did play me.

A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.

I want to start every game but you have to respect the staff.

I think what Brendan Rodgers did was right; I thought it was successful. He was able to show that he was able to change several players, prove to everybody in the team that no-one's guaranteed a spot, rest a lot of key players, and at the same time walk away with a very reputable result.

When you train a massive club or little third division outfit, when you go out to play football in any situation, it is always about winning.

You need young, hungry, developing players in your team, but you also need that experience to level things out and get hold of some of the youngsters when they need advice in certain areas of the pitch.

I've tried to improve - defending, attacking, pressing, trying to think before a game, to be more clever, do something before the defender can think of it, to become a better player. That makes me feel good, that hunger to improve in every way.

The main thing for me is getting in the starting eleven and making an impact whenever I can come on.

All 15 guys on every team want to play all 48 minutes. It's just kind of the way that every season goes.

What we need to do is strike the right balance in our teams for all three formats of the sport.

After a certain point I know my players so well, I can anticipate their reactions.