Carlo Ancelotti Quotes

I've done auditions where the casting director is taking the paper out of my hand in the middle of reading.

Last season when things weren't working out, I thought we needed a different voice around the place.

To play for almost two months without your manager is not easy.

When you come off the pitch, and you have had some chances but not scored, it is difficult.

DC is good all round. He pushes the pace, makes you think what you're doing, makes you uncomfortable.

Personally, I don't think IPL is very tough.

Mascherano's impact as a leader is more important inside the squad, and Messi's leadership is more important in the pitch.

They always say you don't want to follow a legend. A few have been able to do that. I think Bill Cowher followed Chuck Noll pretty well with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But it's hard to do at a lot of places.

When you win, it's definitely there. The energy definitely goes up. That's the way you want to keep it. That's the way we love it around here in Chicago.

When you come to a club like Liverpool, you need to perform straight away and consistently.

I realised that you could get into trouble with a dull speech.

It's easier to change the manager than all the players. It's never easy to choose who should be in the dugout.

Its strong management that makes players feel comfortable.

Historically almost every team I've managed has returned from even just a five-day break with improved physical output.

I'm at Leicester and with Brendan Rodgers coming in we're all loving him being there and that's where my head's at.

When you hear cheers at the moment you need a bit of a push, players can react to that and perform at their best.

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

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.

England fans are a different class. When the fans are like that, it makes us even better and so much more relaxed.

You'd like to transition with continuity, have people in your own organization rise up and continue forward, whether in coaching or personnel or players.

Every team I've played on has players-only meetings, players staff meetings, so this is part of the process.

I guess, at a club, you feel supported. Sometimes, with the national team, it hasn't always felt that way.

Failure worries me; nobody wants to fail. There is a fear that one day, films will not come my way, or if someone doesn't watch your film, that is a worrying point. It is unpredictable in the industry.

You can't just can't simply replace head coaches and say, 'Now it's going to be better.'

We have a great group of people and sponsors around us, and you don't want to send them out as outcasts because you have this newfound success and this new tool of things you can sell.