Quotes About Teamwork

If you didn't like somebody, you just let 'em know it, and hopefully that would square 'em away. Not only would they critique me, get on my case, but basically it was that kind of relationship. It was always a learning, team-building relationship.

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.

To get to play alongside Cristiano and other very good Portuguese players makes me very proud, and I hope I can help inspire the next generation of nine-year-olds with painted faces, watching us in their own town squares.

I was in the football, rugby, cricket and hockey teams at school; bit of squash. Tennis obviously.

That's something I'm not worried about with St. Louis. They always bring up guys that are ready to go, you know, and they always go about producing players that are ready to go and contribute.

My dad was part of the Oriole way. I think he was there 14 years in the minor leagues; I think seven of those years, they had the same people in place. So it was about continuity. It was about stability.

For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.

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

Our goal in Liverpool is to create the kind of stability that the Red Sox enjoy. We are committed to building for the long term.

If seven or eight players play offensively, then it's clear that the offensive force is greater than the defensive stability. That's what I often say internally.

Obviously, stability is needed in any club for the club to develop.

Look, every club needs stability.

The U.S. has to realize it's got so much going for it. Let's just get ourselves to come together as a team - one team running the country, helping that country to get itself back on stable footing, which then cascades to the rest of the world.

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.

The game is not just about the top four or five teams; it's the whole league that needs to be stable and developing. Without the other teams, we are nothing.

When I played, the offensive line was at the stadium 4 hours before kickoff. Most of the other guys got there about 3 hours before.

It was like a roller coaster at UCF, with highs and lows, but overall, it was a good ride. You look at the stadium and see 'National Champions.' It doesn't get any better than that.

Everyone wants to have fun playing football. A person goes to the stadium to have fun.

It's all like an NBA game. You got the stadium full, and you got the fans. Half of them are booing you, but the other half is cheering you on. That's just how it goes.

We grew up in an age of playing reserve team football at the stadium. If the first team were playing away, you'd be playing at home, at Highbury, and there would be one man and his dog there. Even though you'd psych yourself up, you still don't get that push.

In the stadium, when it is very noisy, you only have a limited influence as a coach. You need players on the field who understand the plan and who will talk to the guys when things are not going well.

I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.

You look at the staff, the whole staff, from the security to the nutritionists, everybody. Everybody's happy. They want to be there. They look like they want to be in the UFC.

Pep and his staff work very hard, not just on the training pitch but also with the analysis of opponents, and now, of course, we understand more how he wants to play.