Quotes from Jill Ellis

Players don't change drastically. Maybe they get more in form if they're a goal scorer, or they get healthier if they've been injured.

You have to be able to adjust with the moment, whether it's an injury, a result.

Our intent is to attack for 90 minutes.

I grew up playing with boys in the yard and my brother in the backyard and boys in the schoolyard.

World Cups aren't moments to invest in players.

Opportunity only knocks so many times.

The challenge for young players is always stepping into the next level in terms of how much faster the game is.

The players do their thing on the pitch, and there's a lot of young women or former players that want to coach.

Many people say, 'Your dad was so ahead of his time,' and he was a feminist in the truest sense, but he's very much for opportunities for all people... To him, a soccer player is a soccer player.

What soccer and coaching gave me was sort of a stage.

When I used to recruit in college, my sole job was to out-recruit what I had. And if I did that, I knew we would grow and be successful.

I had zero opportunity to play football over the years.

You've got to make sure you're listening to the people that are important to listen to. And then everything else, you kind of have to tune out and do your thing.

From my perception, listen: the game is different on turf, but it's the same for everybody.

Little things that I've emphasized are turning in pockets and looking to penetrate and finding these spaces and playing at a good tempo when we're in the middle third.

Sometimes it is the mentality that is really important. To have players with self-belief makes my job a lot easier, as they are certainly motivated and hungry.

My dad has a certain spirit, a twinkle in his eye, someone who can set a certain standard for players but also convey it with humor. What I learned from him is that coaching is, more than anything, about connecting with people.

My dad's always had an unbelievable, positive attitude about everything.

Any player playing at a high level is available for consideration to the women's national team.

Ultimately, if you can have a very cohesive and tight unit, it obviously will pay dividends down the line.

I think people get hung up on starters and 11s, and that number kind of rings through a lot of media's heads.

Coming out of 2015, I just realized it's OK not to look perfect. It's OK to make sure that your players remain in that bubble, stay focused and true to who we are, and keep the belief internally.

I truly think if I had stayed in England, I'm not sure I would be coaching. So what America gave me was kind of a dream and the opportunity and ability to follow that path, which I really had never dreamed about. I just feel very fortunate to be here.

You've got to turn over every stone; you've got to look for every advantage. You need to make sure you're doing everything you possibly can, not just on the field but off it, to give your team an advantage - from having a sleep expert coming to talk to your team to having an independent analysis of your team done.