Fabio Capello Quotes

#1. When he's on fire, he is impossible to stop. He dribbles like a winger, but is still able to score 20 goals a year in the Premiership.
(on Thierry Henry)

Fabio Capello

#2. I'm happy with my language progress - the only difficulty when I tour Premier League matches is that different people talk to me in different accents - and sometimes I can hardly understand a word!

Fabio Capello

#3. I never cry about what I don't have. I'm always positive.

Fabio Capello

#4. Every manager dreams of a job like this [the England job] and I will be sure to learn English within one month.

Fabio Capello

#5. Sometimes miracles happen. We have to be confident. We're convinced we can do something really exceptional.

Fabio Capello

#6. The only thing that I know about Feyenoord, is that they are from the country of Ajax

Fabio Capello

#7. When I was a player, I'd have a pre-match meal of the biggest lump of fillet steak you could find, followed by rice pudding. Other times I'd have a steak and kidney pie. I'd finish the meal at 12.30 and be playing two-and-a-half hours later.

Fabio Capello

#8. If you want to score a goal, you have to hit the target.

Fabio Capello

#9. Certainly it's nice to have historic moments like this but eventually somebody will break this record. We're aiming for the end result, otherwise the rest is useless.

Fabio Capello

#10. I can't stand the crap that gets talked by everyone - Players, Fans, The Media, Club Officals. Why should I waste my time listening to people who are clearly less intelligent than me

Fabio Capello

#11. There are some nights when everything goes your way and some when it doesn't, and this wasn't our game. I was most disappointed with our lack of aggression as that is normally one of our characteristics.

Fabio Capello

#12. In my entire life I have never seen a player of such quality and personality at such a young age, particularly wearing the 'heavy' shirt of one of the world's great clubs.

Fabio Capello

#13. If you're speaking of a fantasy player, then it has to be Leo Messi as he's so unpredictable. He's an absolute genius.

Fabio Capello

#14. Like [George] Best, there is a special fantasia about him

Fabio Capello

#15. Cristiano is an explosive type of player, with great technique, but he's still not as gifted as Messi in my opinion. Messi is more of a genius than Cristiano. Cristiano is so strong physically, so powerful, but Messi has more creativity.

Fabio Capello

#16. We deserved to lose and it was a good result for us, considering the way we played in the second half.

Fabio Capello

#17. Once he's on the run, Messi is unstoppable.

Fabio Capello

#18. I am very proud and honour-red to be the England manager.

Fabio Capello

#19. I have a contract and I refused a lot of opportunities to be the manager of important clubs because I want to stay here. I like this job. I like to be the England manager.

Fabio Capello

#20. I'm glad for the equaled record. However, the final numbers really count.

Fabio Capello

#21. We are not ourselves anymore, we've lost a little something.

Fabio Capello

#22. For me, I always study the last games that have been played, not what happened in the past.

Fabio Capello