Giovanni Trapattoni Quotations

I always say that in addition to being a coach, I'm also a priest. I go to each player's room and say who is playing and who isn't. I talk and explain. It's a little like confession.

He scored a great goal. I thought he deserved another. He's young and has plenty of room for improvement.

He has a light leg injury, nothing serious. I think he'll be all right in 24-48 hours.

I thought that we would be challenging at the top, but now we need to see what we can get out of this season.

That's the only way he knows how to play.

We have to stop thinking about Sweden-Denmark. I'm sure they will play normally and honestly.

We had lot of players leave, lots of new players come and a new coach -- it's a team that has to find itself.

We'll see how he feels, I'll talk with him and the doctors and then we'll decide.

We had that little bit of luck we have been missing all season.

The team needs a few matches to learn to play together. It's completely normal that the team and the new coach have to get used to each other.

A positive result is essential even if the season is young.

I have won 21 titles and I believe in my work. Naturally the fans want to see wins, but we are trying to rebuild with young players. I get impatient myself.

I know how teams work. I've been doing this for 30 years.

Only if there's an outbreak of the bubonic plague.

I speak many times about Stephen Ireland, that he is shy like a hedgehog.

We can't behave like crocodiles and cry over spilled milk and broken eggs.

The cat is in the sack, but the sack is not closed. The cat is in it, but it's open...and it's a wild cat.