Quotes About Teamwork

I enjoy working, and I enjoy working every day - and it is for that reason that I don't so much like the idea of working with an international squad. To have every day on the pitch is important to me.

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

When you believe in one player to improve the squad, you have to do everything that is possible for us as a club to sign these players.

To be able to win one game at Old Trafford or at one of the other strong sides in the country you have to be strong as a squad. You have to have the personality and the character to not fear and to be yourselves.

To be a contender in the Big Ten a squad must have a solid player at every position.

I like to have fewer players. That way, everyone is plugged into what you're doing. There is a risk attached to that sometimes but it's good to have a smaller squad. People have more chance of playing; they're ready and more motivated. Having 18 real players is better than having 25 or 26 not playing.

I try to give the squad my peace of mind, my experience of big competitions and to be myself.

What I want in my squad and my players is to fight for our goal.

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

All I'm concerned about is that I'm with a good squad of players and want us to be competitive and I'm not looking for anything more.

I've played against a lot of the guys who have got into the England squad - Scott Parker, Jimmy Bullard, people like that - and I feel like I'm holding my own.

It is nice to pick a squad or train players for 30 minutes, but I do not like the life of a coach.

It's very disappointing if a player pulls out of a squad when he's not injured and is maybe prioritising his club.

We have a great squad at Bayern Munich and our German players are very important for us - we know their qualities and they are hungry for success.

It has never been about me. That's not the way I am. With Scotland, it has always been about the squad, the lads who were trying to get some big results to start the Euro 2020 campaign, rather than lads who were away from it, who people didn't know the truth about.

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

Every manager deserves a part of whatever success you have. They build squads, and particularly at this football club they build the style of play.

If you said to me there's a top quality player who you can bring in and we are confident he will add to your squad, but you have to work with him a bit and he can be a bit fiery, then you feel if you are bringing him into a good group the group can take care of that.

The main thing is just doing my job the best I can to help my squad out. That's my main goal.

All I'm after is a few square metres to be myself. A space where I can continue to profess my creed: take the ball, give it to a team-mate, my team-mate scores. It's called an assist, and it's my way of spreading happiness.

The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20.

Sometimes you just square the ball, and somebody else shoots, but some assists are so nice, and the passing is very important. We creators have a thing with the attackers.

Both players and coaches take time to understand each other. Frequent changes bring that rapport to square one.

At times, we, as coaches, try to shove guys as square pegs into round holes and keep hammering away.