Fabio Cannavaro Quotes

Fabio Cannavaro

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 13, 1973

As a defender, you can be many shapes and sizes. You can be short and fast. Or you can be tall and jump high. It doesn't matter. The only necessity is that you are confident when you take the pitch - because every week there is a new challenge.

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You always have to dream big and think big.

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Zidane was the most unpleasant among my colleagues. I have never liked him on the pitch and we have always clashed. Albeit a champion for his class, I have never managed to see his fair play.

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Napoli will always have my heart, and it is normal that I want them to win.

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I played Zidane throughout my career, and for many players you reach a point where you learn lessons on how to handle them. But from the first match I played against him to the last, Zidane would find different ways to beat me.

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Sure, it is true that none of us is Superman. But when we stand together, we can achieve anything.

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You know I was a ball boy at the Italy v. Argentina semi-final in Naples in 1990 and playing in a World Cup final is something every child dreams about.

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Del Piero is like Raul in Spain, he is the number one.

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Messi is top but Maradona is another world.

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I can still remember watching Italy win the 1982 World Cup. I was just an eight-year-old kid in Naples, my hometown, watching the games with a bunch of people in the houses of relatives and friends. I can recall that when Italy scored, we would shout and hug, even though we did not all know each other.

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I am Neapolitan and Naples are the team from where I grew up.

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I have always been a Napoli fan, but the choice to move to Dubai is the right one.

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When the national team plays, everyone feels a part of it. Everyone comes together. And when Italians come together, we tend to do well.

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Of course, we all know Italy is an amazing country. We have stunning coastlines and a scenic countryside. We have a climate that allows us to spend a lot of time outdoors. We have fashion, we have food. But life in Italy is so good that sometimes we tend to rest on our laurels.

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I didn't start out wanting to be a defender. Who would want to be in the back-line after having watched striker Paolo Rossi score six goals in the 1982 World Cup?

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When I first arrived at Napoli, I was the ball boy, which meant that I got to watch as the legends trained. Then, once I joined the youth team as a young teenager, I was a midfielder just like Tardelli.

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If the opportunity came to manage Al Ahli then why not? I would also like to one day coach one of the globe's great teams such as Italy, Real Madrid or Juventus.

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When you win the World Cup, you start to become a legend - for the people around the world, you are different.

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My parents every day said, 'Ah, it's better you go to school, it's very important for your future.' But inside myself, I said: 'I think the good way is follow the football.'

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Maradona, I think, is not a football player but he's something different. He was unbelievable.

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