Alessandro Nesta

Without money, I think it's impossible to win the Champions League.

I grew up with the Rome derby, I played the Milan derby but didn't live it the way I lived the Rome derby. In Rome it's a whole different thing, football is very important and not just a sport.

I grew up in Rome and joined Lazio at 8 years old.

Ranieri has remained in the history of the Premier League, he's a good person. A gentleman in everything, an honest person even in his judgments and post-match appearances.

We have to win the games we can win.

I never imagined life away from Lazio. Leaving Lazio was a trauma, the first few months were very hard. I never wanted to leave, and the people were very attached to me.

I probably would have stayed at Lazio for my whole life, but unfortunately, there was a collapse.

It's difficult when there are free agents, because so many clubs are interested in them.

Even as a player I never had a problem with Inter, they always had great respect for me and vice versa.

I played against Messi, against Cristiano, but the Brazilian Ronaldo, for me, was different.

Playing Inter is always tense.

Madrid is a difficult place to coach. There's a lot of pressure and Ancelotti is very good when he's under pressure.

I know a lot of people and Miami has become like my home. I have been here for a long time. I had many great times here.'

My best coach is Ancelotti. I work with him for eight years and he was the best, the way he manages the group, tactical things, and much more, for me he is a father.

In my country passion with sport, it is inside us.

In my country, the kids start to play soccer when they are seven or eight.

When we were small and we were taught how to play the game, we were taught that you always play to win.

Ronaldo's the best there is, because he can do the most skilful of things even in full flight when many others would probably mess it up.

If you win, then the rest - being popular - will follow.

If everyone is attacking us, then it means they are afraid of us.

I won a lot of trophies.

In Europe, you work every day on tactics, and when you play you feel better sometimes.

In Italian football, all you see are the usual defects: clubs making losses, players not getting paid, rules that don't exist or get twisted.

Since 2004 I have come to Miami every summer for holidays.