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I still did some things in fo...

I still did some things in football, but I needed to get away from the game. I needed closure. And once I felt I'd achieved that, the hunger came back. That fire in your belly, the desire to feel the adrenaline at the weekend. That's when I felt I was able to go again.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

You can win the Champions Lea...

You can win the Champions League in the worst season.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

In all I had 10 operations, n...

In all I had 10 operations, nine within six weeks. Then one to remove the rod I had in my tibia a year later. I still have problems. I can do a little bit on the pitch, but the day after I feel it. And it is not going to get better.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

Every day I become a bit more...

Every day I become a bit more of a support mechanism. It wasn't difficult at all to make the change. Would I go back to being a manager? It's a good question.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

What I believe is that we nee...

What I believe is that we need a united group, people who are willing to fight for the club in the Championship. They need to put their services into the good of the team, for the good of the team.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

I simply do not know what the...

I simply do not know what the future will hold, but I will accept what it brings me.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

Obviously you do get influenc...

Obviously you do get influenced by former managers. That's normal. You try to build your own coaching philosophies. I've played for Arrigo Saachi, Dino Zoff, Zdenek Zeman, Gullit, Vialli and Ranieri.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

It was something I always wan...

It was something I always wanted to do, to own a restaurant, because I love food. But particularly when I first moved to London, because I was on my own - I was single, away from my family, so it seemed very important, to have a place where you could go to meet friends and eat.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

We were under pressure at Wes...

We were under pressure at West Brom to get promoted and to stay up, even if, at a big club like Chelsea, the pressures are more highlighted by the public scrutiny you're under. It's part of our job, that pressure, and I cope with it well.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

But I do love to cook. When I...

But I do love to cook. When I have a dinner party I like to invite loads of people, then I would just do like a salad buffet, with some snacks and cold meat and lots of different salads.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

Every session we do we try an...

Every session we do we try and talk about the way we want to play, I try to organize the sessions in a way that the players can understand the way I want them to play.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

I had a great career, to go f...

I had a great career, to go from a small town in Switzerland to play for the Italian national team was a dream come true. So was playing for Lazio and Chelsea, winning trophies. When I look back I am very grateful for what I had, rather than what I missed.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

It's a daily plan to solve th...

It's a daily plan to solve the problems thrown at us and emerge stronger. You pick things up on the way, and you even learn from the players you work with, but your overall philosophy doesn't change.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

There was not much money arou...

There was not much money around, but my sister and I were happy. All the sports facilities were 10 minutes' walk from my house and the school system was very good.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

It doesn't matter what countr...

It doesn't matter what country but I need to be challenged by it. I need to feel the ambition of the club. You need to have a good relationship, with the board and with the owner.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

Well, I grew up in Switzerlan...

Well, I grew up in Switzerland where my parents were immigrant workers, but my whole family are very good cooks - my father also. So I always saw my parents enjoying to cook and prepare the food.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

I still wish Chelsea and all ...

I still wish Chelsea and all the players every success. I spent so many years connected to the club. One incident is not going to change that.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

I'm generally an optimistic p...

I'm generally an optimistic person.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

For most players it's hard to...

For most players it's hard to accept you've ended your football career and that you have to go out and do something else. But the way it happened to me, so suddenly... I went into depression and had to deal with that, being depressed, something that had never happened to me in my life before.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

Pre-season is a lot of hard w...

Pre-season is a lot of hard work and no player really enjoys it, but you look forward to the start of the season when the competitive games start.

Roberto Di Matteo 22 quotes

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