Paolo Di Canio Quotes

• A lion can't stay in a cage. A lion has to be on the pitch.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Lions, Cages

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• The man who comes to take care of my piranhas told me that if I left West Ham he would kill all my fish.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Men, Ham, Care

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• I am a fascist, not a racist. 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.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Soccer, Football, Player

  "Paolo Di Canio row intensifies as dean of Durham sends open letter". www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2013.

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• I'm very happy to have moved to West Ham, because I can play for a better team than Sheffield Wednesday.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Soccer, Football, Team

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• Only if we realise how sh*t we were at Blackburn can we improve.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Soccer, Football, Player

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• Robot Wars is not a sport. Guys just play with remote controls. Now, if they were wired up and got an electrical shock each time their robot got hammered, then, yes, it would be a sport.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• I wanted to show them I will never give up. We have to keep together. I still believe in myself. I will never change. The players need to release the rubbish from their brains.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Football, Giving Up, Believe

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• Doping in English football is restricted to lager and baked beans with sausages. After which the players take to the field, belching and farting. English football culture is one of pure, intense competition, and that's why I have always preferred it to Italy.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Football, Player, Competition

  "Derek McGovern's Wednesday betting update: When the heat is on, Kaymer keeps his cool" by Derek McGovern, www.mirror.co.uk. February 20, 2013.

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• The shopping is not finished and before the pre-season starts I would like to bring in another two players. I like shopping, maybe I have become a woman.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Player, Shopping, Two

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• David James is a cretin.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Soccer, Football, Player

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• We need to have lectures about why we can't have every day things like mayonnaise, ketchup and Coke.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Needs, Coke, Mayonnaise

  "Paolo Di Canio ridiculed as 'managerial charlatan' by Martin O'Neill" by Ewan Murray, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2013.

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• I am a fascist, not a racist.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Racist, Fascists

  "Paolo Di Canio hits back at racism claims" by Robert Booth, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2013.

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• People with ambition want Paolo Di Canio.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Football, Ambition, People

  "Paolo Di Canio defends his tenure at 'weak' Sunderland", www.theguardian.com. January 25, 2014.

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• Let's be honest. We're not Manchester United or Arsenal, are we?

  Paolo Di Canio

  Soccer, Football, Player

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• Me walk away? What? Never. I always believe that I am the best manager in the world. Why should I have to walk out? I have been working 24 hours a day. The players have to adapt to me, to one person. I cannot be a fake Di Canio.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Believe, Player, Fake

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• Imagine if for years your habit is to use the phone when you're having a massage on the bed, even one minute before going out to train? For 25 days I accepted this, because my first priority was to work on the field. However, I've said that from now if someone comes inside with a mobile phone, even in their bag, I'll throw it in the North Sea. They're banned.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Years, Sea, Phones

  "Ketchup off menu for Di Canio's Sunderland". www.foxnews.com. August 17, 2013.

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