Quotes About Coaching

I work with one of the best striking coaches in the world, Henri Hooft.

Henri Hooft is the greatest striking coach on planet. He's phenomenal leader - he makes me believe in me more than I will ever believe in me.

I much rather coach a string quartet in an interpretation of Haydn or Beethoven than to teach the guitar.

I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.

I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the team a stronger day-to-day identity.

All of us at some point have been coached by a male cricketer. I strongly believe that they get a lot of intensity into the training sessions. They are very hard taskmasters.

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.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.

Coaches have plans and structures, and if you're not in those plans you shouldn't take it personally.

I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but it could have the opposite effect on kids.

And, coaching has never been an option for me.

My first experience out of my country was Ecuador. That was a very good option for me. To know how you can develop your coaching style or your personality being away and being alone, that is not easy.

Head coaching options are limited.

Coaching a football player is the same as directing an actor. The guy has to follow orders and be able to perform skillfully.

I had a very ordinary background in Sheffield; I went to a secondary modern, but I saw something on TV in 1968 that inspired me to join an athletics club, and 12 years later, with great coaching and the support of people who loved me a lot, I ended up at an Olympic Games.

I would like to be a manager, to organize everything in training, see if my philosophy could work, and give it to the team.

Every session we do we try and talk about the way we want to play, I try to organize the sessions in a way that the players can understand the way I want them to play.

Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I've ever been involved with.

It's good that we have good managers like Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger in this countr,y but I think we should be trying to send out some of our managers to other countries to help not just the development of themselves but the leagues over here. It can enhance their careers.

I love what my dad taught me and modeled for me - not just with coaching but as a husband, as a father, as a teacher, as someone in our community that cared and worked to make things better. I watched my dad and learned a lot about a lot of things, not just basketball.

We need to give our goalkeepers the same level of training that we've given to our outfield players.

I'd love to be a consultant and help design an offense. That's my true passion, and I want to find an outlet where I can do that.

I first came up under Joe Royle and when Keegan took over it was even better for me because I felt his style added more to my game.

When I'd watch myself coaching, I'd say, 'Man, I look bad,' but I never felt I didn't have a sense of humor with the team. Maybe I was too over-the-top serious.