We are professionals, we have to set the example and not provoke anyone.
Leonardo Bonucci
Defending is definitely an art.
Since I was in the youth team I would love to dribble past opponents with a dummy. That tendency got even stronger under Giampiero Ventura at Bari, as we never threw the ball away.
What I discovered is that there has always been a soldier inside me; I just didn't know it.
The truth is that we should live with less envy and more cordiality and empathy.
If I've ever followed Conte, then it's been to get a coffee at most.
I have to prove everything on the pitch.
Juventus have to win always, we must spit blood every time we step on to the pitch.
I defend my goal as if it were my home. I do my best to defend it and not to allow anyone to score goals or penetrate that. It's true.
I have always said that for me it would be an honour to continue at Juventus and to end my career here, because it's a shirt you are proud to wear.
When I was a kid I was the black sheep of the family because all my uncles and cousins were big Inter fans while I've always been Juve. In fact when I'm injured or suspended I'll be in the stands behind the goal when we're playing - in with the fans where I'm happiest.
When the best manager in the world says you're one of his favourite players, you act like it's nothing, but you still can't help but have a smile on your lips.
I feel I have the Juve shirt sewn to my body because I breathe it every day, but wearing the national team shirt is also an honour.
Cristiano Ronaldo's arrival here at Juventus has been fundamental.
Defence for me is so important because I do not want anyone to trespass and invade my property because that goal is my property.
As a lad I missed five months of sporting activity to OSD. It used to wake me up at night with pain in my knees.
The objective is to be competitive from March onwards.
What Conte gave me was hunger, the desire to never give in, the mentality that allows you to go beyond pain to reach your objectives.
I met some beautiful people at Milan, first of all Rino Gattuso. It was a difficult year, but that's not to say it was useless.
Those months at Milan let me do some soul-searching and made me realise that my calling was at Juventus, who are like my family.
At Treviso, my entire career was in danger; I lost all self-esteem and confidence.
Being captain of the national team is definitely something you can feel.
Allegri is very good at managing the locker room in the most difficult moments of a season, to make the team understand how to manage the time of a match.
Sarri is meticulous, passionate about tactics, he likes to make the team play well.
I live with challenges.
To those who call me a mercenary I say that I also had interest from abroad, where I would have earned more. I have chosen Milan because, in my head, there is the idea of repeating the course I had at Juventus, where we had started rebuilding, as in this case, and we came to the top.
I want to win all the titles.
Juventus have been everything to me over the years. I grew up a lot here and the club always supported me.
I have the fortune of playing with world-class stars.
I understand the fans, I respect them. I'll accept the whistling and booing. It's up to me to transform that all into applause.
Real Madrid's interest? Yes, it's true, Real Madrid were interested in me. It was an honour and pleasure for me, it means that I have worked well in these years.
The national team should unite under one flag, leaving out the club stories.
Mancini makes us feel good inside and outside of the field.
What interests Chiellini and I is not conceding goals. We're able to create chances and it makes us happy when we take them.
I like to look forward, not back.
I wouldn't trade any of the championships I've won for anything.
At Juve you always have to go onto the field ready to give your best.
It is not in the DNA of Juventus to think of a draw.
Juve is my home.
I was struck by the ideas of Sarri, when you see them from outside you get a certain idea but when you are inside you understand the intelligence of a coach who has brought new ideas.
In Europe we know that the great teams always improve and we will have to do battle with them.
The decision to go to Milan, as everyone knows, made me mature as a man. It was a big chance and perhaps too big for the man I was at the time.
The young Leonardo was a bit too fiery.
When you meet someone who gives you good advice for your own, you must have the humility to listen.
I watched a lot of Alessandro Nesta videos, as he had similar characteristics, studied carefully and applied myself.
These technical flicks and tricks come naturally to me and I don't really think about them. I did a backheel against Udinese and the coach would've strangled me if he could have!
My motto is 'from difficulties up to the stars.' I got a tattoo to represent that when I used to sit in the stands at Treviso.
This stadium is the history of football, the most important arena in Italy. Stepping into San Siro always has an effect on you.
There is nothing better than feeling you are a player that youngsters look up to.
I will give all I have got to improve my qualities and be important for Juve and for the national team.
