Quotes About Perseverance

At other clubs I have been, at Juventus, at Barca, we had two 'ships': one for the domestic league and another for the Champions League.

I've seen 18 managers go at the clubs I've been playing for. It's a part of football, isn't it?

I learned everything from my friends and just constant gigging in night clubs, eight sets a night!

I was always in my mind that for the top-six clubs in England my name was not big enough.

It doesn't matter I have not always been at the biggest clubs.

I had criticism in different clubs I played for. When i played in Corinthians, Tottenham and Barcelona there was some criticism but I always did my work, trying to do my best.

I don't know what drives me, I don't have a clue, but I'm driven more today than I ever have been.

You pay your dues and work your way up through the system, whatever system there is - something guys in the business today don't really understand, don't have a clue.

When you start in any band, I don't think you have any idea as to how long your particular journey is going to last. You really don't have a clue. I think that when you come together as musicians, that's the furthest thing from your mind.

I was living in my coach's basement.

I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.

I can remember trying to coach, trying to figure out schemes, and it just wasn't coming to me.

The job as a coach is difficult.

I don't think there's any difference in my passion than when I was a young coach. I hope somebody in some way realizes I could be an asset, but we'll just wait and see.

I moved seven times the first seven years I coached.

I think Mancini did a huge job. He did very well wherever he coached. He has been criticised, sure, but again, that's part of the picture.

I was never the best athlete, but I knew how to be coached and I knew how to work hard at it.

An entrepreneur will do whatever they have to do to make sure things get done. Our coaches will be that way; our players will be that way. Just do what it takes.

You always think you're one of those players who will be in one place the whole time, one of those guys they'll never let leave because you play hurt, do what it takes. But it's a different age. A lot of coaches, they like having younger guys.

You see, some kids, the college coaches are calling them at all hours of the night, saying the same thing over and over again.

It's hard, or you wouldn't like it. A lot of coaches really don't like what they're doing.

I spent a lot of my career fighting coaches. When coaches told me don't shoot, I'd shoot anyway.

Great coaches can't win always in life.

I've been yelled at by coaches since I was 12 years old playing AAU basketball.