Determination Quote by Gianluigi Buffon

I'm very grateful to Italian football for the opportunity it has given me.

— Mauro Icardi

Looking from the outside at English football, at Spanish football, it's more interesting, and they have the champions and the celebrities that they want…

— Gabriel Batistuta

I'm sorry for Italian football; there's no desire to improve Italian football.

— Massimiliano Allegri

I strongly believe that if you can survive for seven years in Italian football, you can make it anywhere else.

— Hernan Crespo

Italian football remains a very successful product, which has inspired people all over the world.

— Thiago Silva

I am dreaming that Italy can return to having lots of important talent. We need to grow our young players.

— Roberto Baggio

In Italy, football is too important. There is more pressure on coaches, teams, directors. Now is not a good moment for football in Italy.…

— Carlo Ancelotti

Unfortunately, it is part of Italian football and our culture to come to the stadium and whistle players for the choices they make.

— Leonardo Bonucci

Italians have a very closed life. Football is all their life is.

— Gianfranco Zola

Football in Italy is like a wonderful sickness, because people are infected with this love for the sport from childhood to old age.

— Dries Mertens

You know, when you are the Italian national team, all the time you need to win because for our history, it is important for…

— Fabio Cannavaro

The national team can do so much for Italian football, as can even lads who no-one knows or who play in the lower Leagues.

— Roberto Mancini