Quotes About Team

I have to know the characteristics of the players. I have to adapt myself to the characteristics of the championship and the players. Now I study my players.

You do hear a lot about 'player power,' but I'm one of those who believes the manager is there to take control, to be in charge.

We can find athletes. The biggest challenge is personality. It's finding charisma. In most sports, they tell you to turn down the personality. Look like everyone else on the team. It's the team; it's not you. In this, it's the opposite. It's you, not the team. We want you to become the big star.

I want to work with extremely, genuinely charismatic people.

I have my parents to keep me in check, a team that loves me, and I have the ability to go out there, dream, and chase it.

I respect and love every team and cheer for every team and hope every team in Washington, D.C., do well just like they do for us.

The fans are very, very important in the team's success. Instead of acting up, you're cheering for the team.

I think some of the English players at Chelsea run the club, pretty much.

My goal is to stay here at Chelsea. Unless Chelsea does not want me anymore - then I'd have to find another club!

I've always been following Chelsea and every time I came to London I would try to see a Chelsea game and see how the team was doing because it's been my dream to come to play here.

In a team like Chelsea with many top players you have to prove yourself again and again.

I go back to when we were at Chelsea. Every game I went into, nobody ever thought we were going to lose a game. Everybody thought we were all going to win.

When I was at Chelsea I was playing for a team where Ashley Cole was the best in the world and I still got games.

I am absolutely ecstatic to be here at Chelsea. It is not easy to become part of such a big team so I am very, very happy.

Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.

Chelsea is a strong team defensively, and they are quite efficient up front with great players, so I think I will enjoy it.

Chelsea is a fantastic club.

Chelsea have fantastic players.

It's Chelsea and you will always have competition for places here.

It is my club, I am a Chelsea player.

I made the right choice to come to Chelsea.

When I moved to Chelsea, it was a big, big challenge and experience for me at the time to play with so many good players.

Didier is a Chelsea legend and a senior player. I am happy for him to take the 11 and for me to take the 8.

As a coach, you look for the elements. Sort of like a chemist, you want to say, 'Okay, here we have all of the parts,' and make what you think will be a successful line.