Fabio Cannavaro Quotes

Fabio Cannavaro shares confident, passionate thoughts on football, defense, and leadership.

24 quotes

1. If Rio Ferdinand is worth ?120,000 a week, Cannavaro is worth a hundred million a day.

2. Fabio being the first player presented has a special symbolic meaning, being that he is true number one with great leadership skills. We are convinced he will be a role model to help build a winning team. Upon arriving in Madrid, Cannavaro's first words demonstrated his pride, happiness, and satisfaction for joining such an admired Club.

3. Cannavaro is having a fantastic World Cup. He is without question the strongest defender at this tournament and the absolute number one in the world.

4. Fabio Cannavaro was the best player of this World Cup.

5. I would have married Fabio anyway,no matter what was his job or where. It doesn't matter that he is a world known footballer. I love him because of his essence as a human being.

6. Talking about Fabio's height is the same as talking about the fog in Milan.I have never felt that he is short when I play with him,because he can jump higher than anybody else. He is always good at heading. It doesn't make any sense talking about Cannavaro like that.

7. Cannavaro has that unmistakable presence as a leader and in my impression, is exactly like that tough and cool-headed defense he shows on the pitch.

8. I can't choose just one! Real Madrid only has great players. Raul, David Beckham, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ronaldo... The one that impressed me the most after having actually played together is Cannavaro. He's sturdy and lithe and his attitude when he faces a match is exceptional too. I think he's the best center-back in the world.

9. A coach needs time to get to know the players, the environment, the fans and the culture of the club. You can't solve everything in one or two months.

10. My dream was to become the flagship player for Napoli. Even though I played for other teams, I would have liked to have returned and retired there. Napoli is my life, my city, I have regrets.

11. A compact defense has always been the basis of Italy's team.

12. When I first arrived at Napoli, I was the ball boy, which meant that I got to watch as the legends trained. Then, once I joined the youth team as a young teenager, I was a midfielder just like Tardelli.

13. Real are the type of club where you are expected to win every game. For a player who wants to be the best it is stimulating to feel the pressure to defend their interests.

14. As a defender, you can be many shapes and sizes. You can be short and fast. Or you can be tall and jump high. It doesn't matter. The only necessity is that you are confident when you take the pitch - because every week there is a new challenge.

15. It can be lonely as a manager out there. You are on the field, yes, but you are not really on the field with them. Yet I have to share with my players my experiences and my knowledge.

16. I watch every game in the Premier League and I like the ambience and culture of football in England.

17. I know that people in Guangzhou have been very kind to me.

18. I am Neapolitan and Naples are the team from where I grew up.

19. If you work in a certain manner, you don't make mistakes.

20. Prandelli is a coach with great experience and he knows how to work with young people also.

21. Of course when you are starting to be a coach you want to do your best and my national team is my dream.

22. If the opportunity came to manage Al Ahli then why not? I would also like to one day coach one of the globe's great teams such as Italy, Real Madrid or Juventus.

23. I can still remember watching Italy win the 1982 World Cup. I was just an eight-year-old kid in Naples, my hometown, watching the games with a bunch of people in the houses of relatives and friends. I can recall that when Italy scored, we would shout and hug, even though we did not all know each other.

24. As manager of Tianjin Quanjian every day, every week, I have to give our players everything I have.