Maurizio Sarri Quotes

You know you're in for a tough time if you're trailing and the other teams are doing well.

Everyone says teams should work harder when they are losing but sometimes that makes it worse.

I think I am the underdog.

You learn from playing against the best players and the best teams, and we're going to keep fighting and figuring out ways to beat them.

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

Great execution. That's what you have to do when you're playing great teams.

A guy that's undersized has to prove himself right away.

Every time I got close, somebody seemed to play a little better.

Unfortunately, in our business, it's all about the tournament when you're a good team.

People don't understand the analogy of football and acting, but there's a great deal of it that's the same. You get dressed in the room, and you think you've got it all prepared, and later on in the game you wish you had put on more pads 'cause they're just kicking the hell out of you. God almighty, I've been beat up by the best.

It's always difficult to win matches.

It is always easier to accept defeat when you were the weaker team.

Knowing that the teams in front of us are sometimes better than you, you have to recognise that and be humble. It's part of the game.

Football is not only sunshine.

Winning covers a multitude of sins. If you play bad and you still win, everyone says that's the sign of a good ballclub. But when you play bad and you lose, all of a sudden you have problems and everyone wants to know why.

We all like being part of the Premier League. There is a lot of attention and we enjoy that but football is always the same. If you win, you have friends. If you don't win, you are looking for friends. That's the game.

The better team sometimes loses.

When you play against Barcelona and other great teams in the world, you can lose. It happens.

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty.

I have played in so many games and have had so many incredible moments that selecting one or remembering all of them is impossible.

I always believe every team that wins has to go through some things.

When I played for Arsenal, like once per month, you always had this feeling you had to perform.

You have to win football matches, and if you don't, you allow people to criticise you.

I've knocked out a lot of people so I'm not going to cry about being stopped, it's part of the game and I can accept that.

We will fight against good teams.