Giorgio Chiellini Quotes

With a club like Manchester United that have history and traditions, I think the manager at the club should respect that.

Molde fits me very well; Man United fits me very well because it's in me. It's in your personality. It's ingrained in you. I understand the club.

Every United player understands what United is about. The players understand it is a privilege to play for United.

When coaches arrive at a club, we need to understand its history. If we don't understand it, then we are destined to have a bad time.

A lot of clubs have lost the perspective of what is a football club.

While being in the right seat at the right game might create short-term reassurance, I can't get over the idea that really what people feel is that their club is being run by a group of guys who know the history, study the heritage and view Villa as a proud Victorian club in its third century.

I think Manchester United is a much bigger club than any manager in the world, and the manager who comes in should respect what Manchester United is.

The most important thing is making sure that we survive because Fulham deserves to be in the Premier League - it's a great club with a lot of history.

This club is steeped in history and I feel privileged to have become a part of that ... An immense thank you to Sir Alex Ferguson for making it all possible, for giving me the privilege to be a captain, to be inspired by the legend of Manchester United and to understand that nobody is bigger than the club.

It makes me very happy when I create goals or score goals myself, but the most important thing is that the team reaches its goal and plays positive football.

My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.

I think the most important thing is to play to help the team, winning the games - that is the main thing for me.

The motivation when you put on a United shirt is big and the obligation is always big because we represent the greatest club in England and one of biggest in the world.

I feel very comfortable at Bayern Munich.

I was fortunate to play with so many wonderful footballers and under the greatest manager of all time, but I do believe that a club's ethos, the principles of how it plays, should outlive even the biggest individuals in its history.

I have said many times I play for the team to help the team win the games. That is the most important thing for me.

The DNA of AC Milan is something I have inside me.

If you want to measure yourself with Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United, you, as Bayern Munich, need a philosophy. That must be the aim of the club.

For anyone, the most important thing is to play good, to perform good, to score goals for your team.

Manchester United isn't about Wayne Rooney. Manchester United is about the team, the club.

I want to score more goals, to play more games, but at the end of the day, the most important thing is that the team wins. The other things come with that.

I share a special bond with Ajax. I think we are a special club. And we're known for our philosophy around the world.

It's difficult to say with words what Manchester United means for me. For anyone. It's amazing to play for this club, with the history of this club, for the fans, for everything. It's amazing to be part of this club.

Looking back at my matches since 2002, there is one main criterion for me which marks a club which is successful in the long-term: big players, who have grown with their clubs, whose names are tied to the success and who have a 100 per cent identification with the team, the club and its history.

Manchester United are not just some club. To be part of this club also means to be part of a great history.