Antonio Conte Quotes

I know it will take a little time to adapt to a different team and a different league.

Sometimes a new coach can find it not easy.

You get a new coach; you do things a little differently.

When you change 10 out of 22 outfield players, you need time and hard work.

When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.

When I started at Boca, as well as when I got to the national team, I felt it was the top of the mountain, but they turned me around and I had to start from scratch.

At the beginning, I didn't want to arrive at a big team like Ferrari and say: 'Ok, I want the car like this' - I just wanted to try and adapt to the car and then see if I wanted to make some changes.

In Brazil, we play quite open, but I'm doing my best to adapt as quickly as I can.

It's not easy when you have a new manager because you have to try and adapt yourself to him, the team, training sessions, and the game.

It takes time to settle in and learn a new formation and style of play.

It's hard to learn a new guy each time out there.

I'm a player coming into Manchester United, I've got to adapt like every other, no matter how old I am.

All I can tell everybody is, I'm the same guy, just on a different team.

Obviously, it has taken time to work with the players around me and with so many new faces coming in the summer, in a way it's been more difficult.

To change a team you must change their comfort zone.

It's difficult to play in a new formation and have everyone grasp it straight away.

Obviously when you join a team everything is new and you have to get to know the people and how they operate.

I'm always a big advocate for adapting to your new team, your new country and your new team-mates.

Sometimes I forget to shake hands with the other manager. I apologise. I'm learning, but I have a very good relationship with my players and also the crowd.

It is a challenge to work with a newcomer.

Of course, in the beginning it's always difficult. It's a new country, new teammates, so you need to find the relationship with all the players. Obviously it takes time.

You need a little time, the usual sort of time it takes to get to know your team-mates and the league itself, but it's all good, generally. I'm very happy.

When you have a new manager, and everything is new, it gives every team a lift.

Niko Kovac had to understand the system inside Bayern, to realise that this is a very different club to Eintracht Frankfurt, where he was before.

Any time you go into a new environment, you have to learn a new system, there are adjustments you have to make.