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" My idea about football is to play well, but even if you can't always play well, one thing I want is your character, your spirit. That is all I can ask of you. "

Claudio Ranieri

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Claudio Ranieri

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Claudio Ranieri

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" Football is open; it is not only keeping possession of the ball and making more passes. "

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" The love the people of Leicester showed towards me was incredible. Even more than winning the Premier League. "

Claudio Ranieri

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" I always want fighting spirit first. "

" I don't believe bookmakers. "

Claudio Ranieri

Believe

" It is very important to be humble but to maintain the conviction that we can do something good. "

" If I continue to work as a coach, it is because my passion and love for football, for the players, is still there. "

" I want to buy pizza, but my players don't want pizza; maybe they don't love pizza. Because I said when we make a clean sheet, I will buy everybody a pizza. Maybe they wait until I say, 'Okay, a good dinner.' I told them, the clean sheet, I buy everybody a pizza. I think they wait until I improve my offer: 'Okay, a pizza and a hot dog.' "

" I'm from Italy, the home of Vivaldi, Rossini, Puccini. When I stopped playing and became a manager, football became like a beautiful piece of music to me - and the players, an orchestra. "

" In London, you can eat your way around the world - Lebanese one night, Indian the next. "

" We work so hard. Everyone does, but only one can win. "

" They call me The Tinkerman. Wherever I go people say 'Ah ha, there is The Tinkerman.' "

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