I do not have much time for relaxation, but when I can, I like to read.
I hear what they're saying. I ask my English tutor, 'What is this word 'tinkerer?''
They call me The Tinkerman. Wherever I go people say 'Ah ha, there is The Tinkerman.'
Wherever I go, the club is never to stay on the same square on the board: they have to move up. I don't know if it's coincidence, some calling, or destiny - but whatever it is, it's the story of my life.
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.'
With Chelsea, the job was this: move up to the top, get into Europe. And I did that - fourth place in the Premier League and then into the Champions League, the season before Abramovich and all the money arrived.
In London, you can eat your way around the world - Lebanese one night, Indian the next.
You really can eat well in England - if you have the money.
If you go in Spain, you have to play with another style. The English culture is the English culture. If you come here, you have to play in this style.
I don't believe bookmakers.
There is too much unhappiness in football, no?
It is with passion that I love my job. But it is with character that I am able to keep looking forward. Not just beyond criticism or bad results, but also beyond the good moments, too. Everything has to be a balance.
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.
When you are in the big competition for the first time, you grow, and then you lose something when you go back into your own competition.
When you play in the Champions League, you are switched on - very, very smart and focused on every situation.
Football is open; it is not only keeping possession of the ball and making more passes.
What is important is to find the best solution for your players.
It is important to understand what your team can do.
Inside me there are two people. One is a very aggressive - I want to win; I won the Premier League, but now I want to win on Saturday. I want to win next season - and is never satisfied.
Am I too loyal to my players? I could be, could be.
