Athlete

I have been compared with Antonio Conte and it is an honour to be compared with him. I would love to enjoy the same success he has had as a coach.

I pretend to be calm, it's not a word in my vocabulary.

I like good food and talking about football.

The World Cup is always difficult, you need to come physically prepared.

I am not good at making people understand certain things.

In life you cannot accept some things, but football has given me a lot and a great passion.

If you don't train in a certain way because you think you won't play, you have to do more in the week to show why you deserve to play.

Astori was a great player on and off the pitch. He is a great example for all young men. I hope we never forget him. It's important to remember men like him.

In football, it's not enough just to be amazing, but you also have to have a clear head. If you're not calm, it becomes very difficult.

In life you cannot accept some things, but football has given me a lot and a great passion.

Gasperini works really well, if Inter picked him up, it is naturally because they had good reasons.

Life can be very strange.

You cannot just copy and paste Carlo Ancelotti. He's been coaching for 20 years now and I have never heard a player complaining about him.

There was a rule at Rangers, going back to the 1950s, that players needed to turn up for every training session dressed in a suit and tie. I was a teenager. You'd have been lucky to see me in a jacket even on a Sunday - it just wasn't my style.

I won't lie, I stole a lot of ideas from Giampaolo.

It's difficult to find someone better than Milik. However, when a player believes his time at a club is over and he wants a change of scenery, you have to listen to him.

I don't think Italy is a racist country, because there are so many immigrants.

I don't like getting pinned back with a line of four in midfield. You risk losing too much space.

I will listen to the advice that Montella gives me, as he's a great coach.

Ancelotti is like a father to me. He's always been close to me and supported me. He's won it all and I still have a lot to prove.