107 Quotes by Gianluca Vialli

In Italy managers are judged simply by results.

If you want to sell a service, you have to be the first to believe that the service has value.

We were all in love with the club. We went to bed with Sampdoria pajamas on, while going to the Bogliasco training ground in the morning was always a joy: the blue of the sea on one side, the green of the hills on the other. Wonderful.

I'm looking forward to staying on the bench as a manager. I'm not going to push myself into the team or play for the sake of it.

A sore ankle, a swollen knee or a bruise makes you feel alive.

I've tried to keep myself fit, but to be successful you need to think and train as a player.

I'm here with all my faults and my many fears, but also with the desire to do something important.

I gave up at the right time, scoring a goal against Derby. I didn't hear anybody shouting, 'Please stop, you are getting too old.' That's a success. And I don't want to come back for the sake of it.

I don't like thinking 'Why me, why me, why me?' when I was diagnosed with cancer because that would be hypocritical. I didn't say 'Why me?' when I was one in a thousand who made it as a professional footballer.