Sometimes it is difficult to understand why some players have certain agents.

When you work, you know you can have some problem with the players. This is normal because the manager wants the players to work hard, play well, and the players should understand this.

I'm against cigarettes, always.

I don't think there can be a player who doesn't play and is happy.

I like the Bundesliga.

In Italy, some managers want distance from the players, the Fabio Capello style, but that is not my way. I am more like Carlo Ancelotti. There are aspects of the players' behaviour I do not understand, but I want them to respect our situation. If they do that, I have a lot of respect for them, too, and I will do everything to help them.

Balotelli I have known since I gave him his debut at 17.

I played for Bologna in Serie A when I was 16, and those experiences made me this person. Just as importantly, I never played for a big club. My teams were normal, ordinary, but through hard work, we became successful.

In Italy, everyone is talking about the referee for three days before the game - 'We don't like him. He is no good.'

You are there to score goals, and doing so shows respect for your opponent, it demonstrates that you are taking him seriously.

I like to go out on my bike. That's when I do my thinking. Two or three hours on the roads - that's when you get time, and you can think without problems.

I don't like to participate at anything and not finish first.

I've always been the same. I've had the same mentality ever since I was playing with my friends at school. I want to win. I only want to win.

I like being angry every day.

After you win a Premier League, the second year is more difficult.

I'm very happy about what I did in Manchester. I love the Manchester City supporters, and I had a fantastic experience.

I don't think Mourinho wants to have friends, or maybe that's just the way he likes to appear.

In Italy, you get three or four goals, you go slow, you stop.

You should always play 100 per cent, and you shouldn't expect every decision from the referee.

The national team can do so much for Italian football, as can even lads who no-one knows or who play in the lower Leagues.

I like English football because you play all the games from the start of the Premier League to the very last game always 100%. Even when squads in the last two or three games have just been relegated, they still play 100%.

When you have a team that has won for 20 years, the mentality is strong. When you don't play well, you still know you are a strong team.

In every city where there are two teams, the rivalry is very intense. Rome, Milan, everywhere - it's very strong.

Manchester is the same as Milan. The weather is the same, and you have two big clubs fighting against each other.