Paolo di Canio

I respect everyone.

I have already proven my ability in League Two and League One, where there are many arrogant and average players and I was able to turn their mentality and help them become better footballers.

I proved in League One and Two that I was the best manager, and I now feel that I am ready for the next level.

I've spent big money on solicitors in the past; you can imagine what I would spend on my players.

I believe in nature. I believe in earth, sun, fire, and water.

I've had bricks thrown at me by opposing fans. I've been tear-gassed and beaten by police.

Bed-wetting is something I had to deal with till I was 10 or 11.

I love to visit Stonehenge.

I am a manager, I'm a normal man, I'm a family man.

People with ambition want Paolo Di Canio.

I really believe in work, work, work so my standards are very high for those people without ambition.

To be honest, I've never been part of a group of players that went to the chairman.

I am a football man and this and my family are my focus.

The right place for me is the place that has the ambition and the staff who want to bring in a winning mentality.

I am an honest man, my values and principles come from my family and my upbringing.

I am a passionate man and if I want to wave my arms in the air nobody is going to stop me.

Players need to fight for the shirt - go out on that pitch ready to sweat and shed blood for the club.

With Eriksen at Tottenham he had the chance to lose dangerous balls because there were those who ran for him, at Inter they can't afford that. He doesn't jump the opponent in one-on-one fights, he doesn't have speed in his legs.

Eriksen will become a problem for Conte. He is not like Diego Costa, with whom you can fight if you don't let him play. He is a guy like Hazard: he is silent, you don't see him much, he never complains, but it is difficult to have a direct and frank confrontation.

I give the straight arm salute because it is a salute from a 'camerata' to 'camerati.' The salute is aimed at my people. With the straight arm I don't want to incite violence and certainly not racial hatred.

I am a fascist, not a racist.

I'm a bit different now, I try to keep control of my temper but I sometimes still get a rush of blood.

I remember that Ferguson saw me and he went out from the coach and shouted 'Paolo Paolo' and he came to me and said 'how are you?' It was another incredible moment for me. He meets thousand people and to say how are you that gave me another dimension of the man and values of him as a person and his respect for people.

I am not political, I do not affiliate myself to any organisation, I am not a racist and I do not support the ideology of fascism.

I won Serie A with Juventus, the UEFA Cup with AC Milan as a player, important trophies and I felt like I was the most beautiful boy in the world, but the emotion that you feel inside as a manager, the emotion you give to others makes me feel like a general in a battle a thousand years ago.

We have to leave the field, not only sweating, but also full of blood. That was my philosophy as a player, and I want to deliver it as a manager.

My dream would be to manage in the Premier League because English football is the best in the world and my dream in particular would be to manage at West Ham - that would be perfect.

You can influence your players in the wrong way or the right way. Your decisions can upset a lot of people... so you have to get them right. That's a big challenge.

Players are, of course, the first protagonists but the manager takes the decisions, makes the strategy.

Until I die, I hope to have a role at West Ham, because it would be fantastic before finishing my life.

I have always said it is my destiny to come back to West Ham and I never change my opinion.

I belong to English football.

English football is in my blood.

I have to control my passion more as a manager than I did as a player.

I know from studying the psychological side that the attention of a group is no more than eight minutes at one go.

In the dressing room I give the players, two or three, sometimes four main things that we have to do.

With me the players will probably have less time free during the week, but at the end of the day I have always said to my players that they don't have to love me, they have to follow me. It's enough to have success.

We want to make the people be proud of the way we approach the game and play.

Sometimes you can have the stamp of the donkey because you say something you didn't intend.

At Swindon, I felt like I was at Barcelona because for me it was the best job. It was a big privilege to be manager.

The dream is, once I am well known here and settled in this environment I love, to be the manager of England. Maybe it will never happen, because they'll never give it to me.

When I scored against United it was very exciting to look around and see 9,000 people celebrating away from home.

This is the magic of football. One year you think Manchester City can win the league easily, or Arsenal, because City and Chelsea are out, and you see Leicester there. Fantastic this sport!

Sometimes words put into a sentence come out differently.

My standard is very high for people without a mission. People with a mission want Paolo di Canio.

I really believe in work, work, work.

The fans boo and insult and it is a part of the game.

Guys like Balotelli deserve lots of slaps rather than pats on the shoulder.

Balotelli does not play for the team, only for himself. He is an egotist, who thinks the world revolves around him.

Balotelli is just selfish. He deserves a lot of slaps.