Massimiliano Allegri Quotes

If I hit a bad punt, and some guys don't make a tackle, and I have to make a tackle for them, that's my opportunity to step up for my teammates.

Anyone who wants to be a centre-half would have to say that John Terry is a role model. Every centre-half in the game would agree with that. It is the way he leads the team and the way he reads the game.

I think I always naturally lead on the court by just working.

Jorginho is really suitable to the way I like to play. He is a player that has many good sides to him. He wants to work hard, and he's very fast in moving the ball, which is important for us, although there is also Cesc Fabregas, who has the same potential as Jorginho.

I'm a hard worker. I'm a people person.

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.

Dad often told me, 'My job is to help my boss do his job and make him look good.' That was my dad's objective. Everything about the way he conducted himself was to communicate support for his superiors and respect for his coworkers. The way he dressed was his starting point in that communication.

For sure I would be a very emotional captain. A very hands-on captain.

I just met your Chiefs of Staff. They really know what they are doing,

A captain shouldn't be chosen on the amount of goals he's going to score.

Steven Gerrard is the best player I have played with throughout my career; therefore, my ideal player would be very like him.

Before I came to Barcelona, I only thought about one facet of the game: destroying. My qualities were completely defensive, and I wouldn't take responsibility for organising my team's game, our attacks.

I think as a central defender you grow as a player.

It's not all about the figures. It's about how you play for the team, how you help your colleagues, how you work defensively.

When you play defense what happens is everybody pays attention and they start talking about how you're the stopper, you can stop this guy. All of a sudden your game gets better on the offensive end and you become that versatile guard that everybody wants.

It's a lot of hard work to be a manager or a coach. But as players, we had to have a good work ethic to be good, and we can use that trait in management or as a coach.

Some coaches and quarterbacks over-analyze things at times. Sometimes it can be pitch and catch, let the play-makers make plays.

I know what I do for my team and what my teammates expect of me on both ends of the floor.

That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.

I'm really trying to work on my defensive positioning.

First of all, I am and I remain a goalkeeper, but I try to be involved as much as I can and to help the defenders. I try to read dangerous situations in advance.

I'd be lying if I said I never had any issues with players but at some point you have to stamp your authority because if you're good at taking free-kicks, for example, they should let you take them.

My players, because they work with me every day, they know my commitment and how I work.

Football management is about managing people.

Being a left back is a very important role, I'm happy to play there. Every time I get the call for the national team or Bayern to play left back, I'm willing to do it.