Gianfranco Zola Quotes

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Gianfranco Zola

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 5, 1966

There are those who think that in order to get respect you have to be some sort of tyrant or overly authoritative. You can be fair to people.

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A big club should have big characters and big men. The more strength you have in the dressing-room the better.

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Do I ever lose my temper? Sure, I do it all the time - just ask my wife, she will tell you.

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My players will make mistakes, but as long as they don't do it on purpose and try their best, I can handle that.

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I'm lucky to have played for some great managers who can be positive influences on how I work at Watford.

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Those who have a personality like Balotelli do things that other people maybe wouldn't. Balotelli sometimes does things that look strange and unbelievable. But maybe for him it's just a way to feel normal. He doesn't want to cause problems or upset people.

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One thing is to know how to do things and another is to make it simple and accessible to others. This is the challenge for the big players when they go into management. To do that, you have to learn and study very hard. I have read football management books, analysed myself and the way other people learn and understand things.

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Being a good player doesn't necessarily make a good manager, that's for sure.

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In football you have many opinions and you have just to notice those that make sense to you.

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Playing football is one thing, but coaching is another.

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Chelsea is where I had the best satisfaction of all, where I was treated the best. This is a special place.

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In football you never know what's going to make you close to somebody.

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I have always followed Scottish football quite closely.

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I have always admired the games between Celtic and Rangers. That's one of the games that you always watch when it's happening.

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I really do like Scottish people. I have met Gordon Strachan quite a few times and always liked him. Craig Burley is another Scot I played with at Chelsea and he's a good guy.

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Whatever type of football you want to play, if you don't have certain principles you're lost.

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Sometimes in football, like in life, you have to step into the wilderness. That's the way to get better. You have to try new things and be positive.

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Sometimes we forget football is, first and foremost, entertainment. Sometimes we consider it a more important matter. It is but, at the same time, it is not.

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Football can be played in different ways and the more ways you know, the better you will be. If you know only one way, you're limiting your possibilities.

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When you are a talented footballer you rely on your abilities to win games. You use your skills without thinking. But in management that doesn't work.

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