Quotes About Football

It's special for me to coach the team Lombardi coached.

I'm passionate about the game - just like the fans are, and I've coached in the league for a long time, so that's the perspective I will bring to ESPN.

Troy Walters and I coached together.

It doesn't mean my footballing ideas are special, different, better than the others. I am not saying it's my football, my ideas, and the other coaches are nothing. It's the way I believe. I'm not special.

Everyone knows that I had a lot of good coaches but one person was very important: Jupp Heynckes.

I love coaches that just talk about football.

Felipao is one of the best coaches in the world.

I'm one of the best players in the world in that No.10 position. Fans, coaches, players, and everyone knows that my best position is playmaker.

There is only one Jose Mourinho. I have played under a lot of great coaches, but there is no other character in the game like Jose.

I learned a lot from the coaches I played for.

Coaching changes are a part of football; they arrive ready to meet the goals they have been set, so you respect them and work with them like any other.

Playing football is one thing, but coaching is another.

I am thinking about doing my coaching badges and seeing if I enjoy that, because I do miss the game.

Football has always been a big part of my life. Almost from the day I was born, playing and coaching football were all I really ever wanted to do.

That was part of coaching: to teach your receivers how to get free.

I love coaching football, don't get me wrong. But I just love baseball.

Coaching with Wenger is a good opportunity to learn.

England was the biggest coaching job that I had. You know, in England, the football is connected to all the things in a incredible way. I'm very proud to have been there.

I don't know how long I will be coaching for but I don't expect I will go on from Chelsea, Chelsea is my absolute home.

I play in dreams. I don't ever have coaching dreams. But I have football dreams, still.

You have to learn the playbook inside and out. You have to learn code words for each play. You have to learn defenses.

The thing I like about college football so much is you can affect these guys a lot more when they are 18-22, 23 years old in terms of people and having a chance to be more successful. They are still a value type development, where you have a chance to help them mature a bit and help them be a little more successful in life.

They're on the right road, but there's a long way to go on concussions, not only in the NFL, but college football, high school football and all football.

You've got to be diversified enough. That's the truth in the SEC and in college football.