Quotes from Jill Ellis

Player X might be the best outside back, but does that player help the best wide player be as good?

Ultimately, we've got to make sure our players understand that the margin for error is very small against these top teams in the world, and we've been punished several times for that.

If we're looking at the pure development of our game, the challenge is not to have a 200-cap player because that means there is something better that is coming along.

I have a lot of fond memories of my life in England.

I get a text every day from my dad: 'Enjoy the challenge.'

I grew up playing in the schoolyard with the boy, and on the side of the grounds my dad coached on. I have a lot of fond memories.

It's easy for a player to stand out in two or three days. But the grind of a camp, and just the level of consistency in performance that requires, that needs to happen.

There's always things you can refine and polish.

A win's a win in a World Cup.

When you go to a World Cup, in midfield you need to have players who can score from distance, who can get in the box and obviously play-make.

When you have a group of players with self-belief... nine times out of 10, players can be very talented to make the roster, but they need that quality, and it is pivotal at a World Cup.

Something you look at when you go into a World Cup is your depth and your players that change the game.

I think every time I'm with the team, even in a World Cup, as a coach, you're constantly evaluating.

I haven't seen many pretty games in a World Cup.

We need people in the game to be honest, to call things as they are.

You have to pay the same amount of detail regardless of opponent when so much is on the line.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

You don't go into coaching if you're not willing to step into that moment and go, 'OK, this is what it's going to take, and this is why you do it.' Everything hinges on winning and losing, right?

I went into coaching never worrying about what I was coaching for other than trying to make sure that I can prepare my team, select my team, have an amazing staff around me.

Many, many years ago, when you named alternates, and they wouldn't travel with you - I think you're dealing with a small roster. Now you travel with these alternates, which you can replace at any time, obviously, if it's a medical situation, so you have it in your back pocket.

If a team has multiple looks, it's so hard to stand in front of your team and say, 'This is the scouting report. This is what you have to prepare for.'

When all is said and done, I always used to say this to recruits: 'I don't remember one goal I scored. I don't remember one result. I just remember the people that touched my life and that connected with me.'

I think that's how it has to be in a tournament format. You can't dwell on games.

When I first took over the team in 2014, the message was, even if you're on the right track, if you sit there, you'll get run over.