Antonio Conte Quotes

I promised my mother that I'd be a famous footballer one day after seeing players such as Croatia's Davor Suker and Serbia's Predrag Mijatovic shine in France.

I'm not a Maradona, and it's not my intention to become one.

I'm a footballer through and through. It's all I've ever wanted to be.

My dream was always to be a footballer and help my family.

My roles for Arsenal and Sweden are very different.

I want to play right-back. I have worked my whole life to get to where I am now in a World Cup squad and to showcase my talent in the World Cup stage, playing in my position.

I believe I can be a great player for Manchester United.

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

My heroes were always soccer players.

Ashley Cole is a fantastic defender. I have seen him keep the best players in the world quiet.

I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.

I play at Manchester City. I try and give performances for them game after game.

When I play, I just try to score goals or assist someone - that's my job.

We are Italy. It's only right that there is competition in attack, like there is in every other role.

Personally, I always think that players like Diego Forlan are fantastic.

I became a professional footballer because I love football.

I'm not Giovinco. I don't get the ball and dribble past three players.

I'm very pleased to play for Manchester United. I want to hep the team get into the Champions League.

I don't take the ball in the middle of the pitch and dribble past six guys.

I played in different positions as a kid, and it helped me learn different parts of the game, but I found that I was always scoring goals, and that continued as I got older. I've always enjoyed scoring, and it seemed to come naturally. Fortunately, that has carried on into my professional career.

For me, honestly, I would like to play with Messi one day.

To me, Messi, Neymar and Suarez are among the three best players in the world.

Ever since I was in the youth team at City, I've always loved crossing the ball.

Of course I want to score more goals in the Champions League. But I never want to compare myself or be compared to Lionel Messi.

I want to be on the pitch, whether it is for someone else or for Leicester.