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Paolo Di Canio

(1968) Association Football Player

113 quotes in 410 categories

Di Canio says ambition wants him, and he recalls playing with people from many countries. He dreams of managing in the Premier League, especially West Ham, because a lion can’t stay in a cage. He also notes that sometimes managers and groups don’t match each other.

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Paolo Di Canio is an association football player.

Quick Facts About Paolo Di Canio

Born: July 9, 1968
Profession: Association Football Player

About Paolo Di Canio

Paolo Di Canio is an Italian former professional footballer and later a manager. During his career he played over 500 league matches and scored over 100 goals, usually as a deep‑lying forward, though he could also play as an attacking midfielder or a winger. He was seen as technically skilled but sometimes temperamental.

Quotes by Paolo Di Canio

I have friends who are black, Jewish.

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I never feel pressure.

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I respect everyone.

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I love to visit Stonehenge.

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I am a fascist, not a racist.

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David James is a cretin.

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Football is my breath.

Breath

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Football is a passion.

Football

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I have to control my passion more as a manager than I did as a player.

Control

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I like Glenn Roeder, he is a good manager.

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I know referees are under very high pressure.

Football

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I am a football man and this and my family are my focus.

Family

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Paolo Di Canio never had a problem in his life with anyone.

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Some footballers are lazy and less disciplined and do crazy things.

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Only if we realise how sh*t we were at Blackburn can we improve.

Football

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It's easy to judge a manager, I know because I did when I was a player.

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Sometimes you can have the stamp of the donkey because you say something you didn't intend.

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The right place for me is the place that has the ambition and the staff who want to bring in a winning…

Ambition

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I'm very happy to have moved to West Ham, because I can play for a better team than Sheffield Wednesday.

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Players are, of course, the first protagonists but the manager takes the decisions, makes the strategy.

Decisions

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We have to leave the field, not only sweating, but also full of blood. That was my philosophy as a player, and…

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It is clear that I am a good guy, anyone can say what they want - I am a good guy.

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I've had bricks thrown at me by opposing fans. I've been tear-gassed and beaten by police.

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My standard is very high for people without a mission. People with a mission want Paolo di Canio.

Goals

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I have played for some of the best managers in the world, such as Giovanni Trapattoni and Fabio Capello, and they would…

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I'm sure about my strategy and philosophy and methodology. But it is difficult because in football there is panic, the players sometimes…

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My dream would be to manage in the Premier League because English football is the best in the world and my dream…

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I won Serie A with Juventus, the UEFA Cup with AC Milan as a player, important trophies and I felt like I…

Battle

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This is the magic of football. One year you think Manchester City can win the league easily, or Arsenal, because City and…

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Even coffee can be a problem. You can have one when you get up, but not an hour before you go out…

Coffee

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Maybe it's possible to have foreign national coaches in Africa or Albania but in Italy, Germany and England, how could you think…

Country

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I wanted to show them I will never give up. We have to keep together. I still believe in myself. I will…

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Imagine if for years your habit is to use the phone when you're having a massage on the bed, even one minute…

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I remember that Ferguson saw me and he went out from the coach and shouted 'Paolo Paolo' and he came to me…

Coach

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I belong to English football.

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English football is in my blood.

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I am not a man accustomed to weeping.

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I really believe in work, work, work.

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Bed-wetting is something I had to deal with till I was 10 or 11.

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I like the culture in England. Why would I want to leave?

Culture

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Paolo Di Canio by topic

Football (54) Management (18) People (13)