Inter Milan

“It was the most beautiful defeat of my life.”

— Inter, after reaching the Champions League final at Camp Nou with ten men, 2010

“I don't like intellectual prostitution, I like intellectual honesty. … We haven't talked about Milan, who will finish the season with zero titles.”

— Inter, at a press conference after a row over a penalty against Roma, 2009

“At almost 70 years of age has won a Super Cup and another small cup. He is too old to change his mentality.”

— Inter, replying to Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri, 2008

“As for Lo Monaco, I do not know who he is. With the name Monaco, I have heard of Bayern Monaco (Munich) and the Monaco GP, the Tibetan Monaco (Monk) and the Principality of Monaco. I've never heard of any others.”

— Inter, replying to Catania's chief executive Pietro Lo Monaco, 2008

“I learned a lot from Bobby Robson and a great deal from Louis Van Gaal as well. Nothing was left to chance, everything was programmed in great detail.”

— Inter, before the Champions League final against Van Gaal’s Bayern, looking back on his years at Barcelona, 2010

“I am not an idiot.”

— Inter, at his first press conference, in Milanese dialect, 2008

“I miss English football and English football misses me, there's no doubt.”

— Inter, before a Champions League quarter-final against CSKA Moscow, 2010

“What I want to say to my players is to follow the dream, not make it an obsession, because for us this is a dream and not an obsession - for Barcelona it's not a dream, it's an obsession.”

— Inter, before the Champions League semi-final second leg at Camp Nou, 2010

“This is not my home. This is not an easy place to work and be happy.”

— Inter, after winning the Serie A title, a week before the Champions League final, 2010

“I learned we can beat anyone because Chelsea are not just 'anyone', they are one of the best.”

— Inter, after knocking his former club Chelsea out of the Champions League at Stamford Bridge, 2010