Zidane was the most unpleasant among my colleagues. I have never liked him on the pitch and we have always clashed. Albeit a champion for his class, I have never managed to see his fair play.

I would love to become the national team coach. I am aware that it is a tough job, but I spent 15 years with Italy. In my opinion, I have the right experience for this role and I know the environment very well too.

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.

I think to reach a Champions League final isn't easy, whether it's in Europe or Asia.

You know I was a ball boy at the Italy v. Argentina semi-final in Naples in 1990 and playing in a World Cup final is something every child dreams about.

Big or short, for me what was important was to win the game with my team.

I like the Klopp mentality but at the same time, I like the Pep culture about football because always we need intensity with and without the ball.

Juve have allowed me to show my worth, it has provided me with a challenge that has motivated me.

My parents every day said, 'Ah, it's better you go to school, it's very important for your future.' But inside myself, I said: 'I think the good way is follow the football.'

When you win the World Cup, you start to become a legend - for the people around the world, you are different.

Juventus in Italy are like Real Madrid in Spain, when you enter the team it feels different.

Of course, we all know Italy is an amazing country. We have stunning coastlines and a scenic countryside. We have a climate that allows us to spend a lot of time outdoors. We have fashion, we have food. But life in Italy is so good that sometimes we tend to rest on our laurels.

Someone who signs a contract must respect it.

I have thought about moving to Dubai for a while. It's a city that I love.

If you have Messi or Ronaldo you start the game 1-0 up.

Real Madrid? I don't have any nostalgia or bitterness.

I have always been a Napoli fan, but the choice to move to Dubai is the right one.

In my career, Diego Maradona had the biggest influence on me.

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

I didn't start out wanting to be a defender. Who would want to be in the back-line after having watched striker Paolo Rossi score six goals in the 1982 World Cup?

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.

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.

Messi is top but Maradona is another world.

I consider Zidane to be an amazing player who has written football history.

I've always been strong physically and I think for a player what happens off the field is even more important.

I don't drink or smoke.

I respect Messi a lot.

I never saw Pele, but I watched Maradona, for seven years I saw every game. He's not one of the best, he's the best.

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

An experience abroad really enriches you.

I'm Italian and the privilege of working in my home country would fill me with pride. However, the opportunity to work in a variety of countries, learning new cultures and footballing mentalities, is also very valuable.

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

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

The arrival of Beckham at Milan is not just a matter of marketing.

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

Beyond studying, though, I think a coach should mainly have knowledge of football: if you do not know what to say to the players then you are not going anywhere.

Sure it's a dream to coach Napoli as well as the national team.

I started playing football in the streets.

I love Forlan. He runs a lot, shoots with both feet, puts pressure on and he is intelligent and fast.

You know, when you are the Italian national team, all the time you need to win because for our history, it is important for us to try to win the World Cup.

Iniesta deserved to win the Ballon d'Or. To win it, you have to be lucky that the attackers have not done so well. If Messi and Ronaldo score 50 or 60 goals, they will always give it to them.

Frank de Boer definitely showed in the Netherlands that he's a good coach.

Personally, I like Jerome Boateng. He is physically strong.

Ancelotti is a coach with a lot of experience. He won the Champions League while at Milan, playing some great football in the process.

Del Piero is like Raul in Spain, he is the number one.

I have great respect for Juve, whom gave me so much, where I won two championships.

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

I do feel I'm a player who has played well in 2006.

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.

I'm not saying there's no pressure at Evergrande, there's pressure at Evergrande all the time. But I am myself and, no matter if I'm playing for Real Madrid or at the World Cup, I've never felt pressure.