Mickey Arthur Quotes

Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.

As coaches, you want to be able to put your players in a system that's conducive to their success.

As head coach, I try to give clear role clarity, instil structure and create an environment in which players can excel.

I think coaches who don't coddle but praise players when they deserve it get the best results.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.

As a leader, you want your team to play as you are.

I have worked under several coaches and wish to appreciate each one of them. Jurgen Klopp, though, has helped me improve. He knows how to push you into performing; he knows exactly what should happen.

I am not a usual coach: it doesn't matter for me who are scoring the goals.

The Rockets have a philosophy of what they think their coach should be.

As I have evolved as a coach, I was a guy who was all about the game and a person who focused on the wins and losses.

Welcome to the world we live in as coaches. You've got to figure out what you can do best and better to get these kids a chance to be successful. I think that comes through a lot of things - confidence, improvement, recruiting.

I think Mark Hughes is the type of manager people want to play for.

Louis Van Gaal is a great coach. He has inspired a lot of players to give their best, shown them how to play.

I love Coach K's passion to coach his players and to coach the game. I examined and watched the interaction between him and his staff, along with the players, and was impressed how hard they played.

It's amazing how much better coaches we become when you have really good players.

I know myself that when there is a manager who knows how to get the best out of you then it's different - and that's why I chose Villa. I wanted to work with Steve Bruce again.

Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

If you want to be a leader whom people follow with absolute conviction, you have to be a likable leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons with brilliant vision can command a reluctant following for a time, but it never lasts. They burn people out before they ever get to see what anyone is truly capable of.

The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

The head coach is the chemist.

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.

The thing is, don't get me wrong, I still love scoring and I hate to lose but now I see myself more as making players play better. Sometime you do what you have to do and you have to perform, that is still there, but in my mind I am thinking about making the guys around me play better and that is never an easy thing to do.

The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.