Quotes About Cohesion

When fully united, without ego or weakness, we become the greatest invisible force this world has ever witnessed.

Sport allows people to come together, but politics divides people.

It's hard for a shortstop to play with a guy you don't know in the middle of the season. If you know a guy early in spring training, you're working with them.

What matters is getting the best out of the squad you have.

I just hope I can give positive energy to the squad.

When you have a small, balanced squad, you can work better. First of all everyone is involved in every squad list, a meeting can be a good training session.

It would be bad for the squad if one player had a much higher salary than the rest.

Nobody has to carry the weight of the squad. They have to be part of the team and give their best for the team.

Only one player is not important. The most important thing is the squad, and it's important to be together. You can't just lose it over one player.

Managers now don't just use 11 players; they have to care about all the squad of 25 or more players.

The more quality players there are, the better it is for the squad.

A small squad means everyone feels part of it and integrated.

Sometimes keeping a squad together can improve spirit and with it performances.

When you are in a squad, you are looking around to make sure that everyone is focused and feels the same way.

You need to make sure you have a squad of players who are happy and coming on to do their best for you.

The Selecao squad have always been a great bunch, ever since I was first called up.

My job is to prepare the squad.

You need a strong squad.

You can't have square pegs in round holes. It's not just about getting talented footballers, it's about getting people who fit into my football.

It is sometimes better to stay with the same team... for stability.

The more stable you are, if you have the same manager, mostly the same players, it makes it easier for the club to play as best as they can. It gives a bit of comfort.

We are all ambitious but important for me first is to have a stable spine to the team.

Communicate with the front office, communicate with the staff, communicate with the secretaries, everybody. And make everybody feel a part of something. That's important.

Every team I've played on has players-only meetings, players staff meetings, so this is part of the process.