Robbie Fowler Quotes

I also wanted to play with Peyton Manning because I thought he could teach me a lot, and he did.

You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.

I think there's a lot to be learned from your teammates and older guys around you. And there are many ways to lead. You don't have to change your personality to be a leader.

The book is actually called 'A Mentor Leader, a Different Way to Lead.' It really talks about my experience in the way I tried lead our football team, things that I learned from, basically, the coaches that I played for and my parents about leadership. And it is a little bit different, counter to maybe what society says about great leaders.

Other kids were watching John Elway. I was watching Tom Landry.

I learn so much from Sean McVay every single day that I'm around him.

Bill Belichick has been an awesome, awesome guy to learn from.

When we talk my biggest influence, I have to say Van Gaal. He threw me in the deep end.

I needed to learn to be a coach initially. I think if I'd gone into professional football when I stopped playing when I was 30 years old I'd have failed because I'd have made too many mistakes because I had no real idea at that time.

Well, I think I've had the opportunity to be around some great coaches and players. And I have been able to learn a little bit, something different from every single one that I've been around.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been a massive influence on me.

With Mourinho, I learned a lot.

I'm sort of a father figure to a lot of these players.

In my career, Diego Maradona had the biggest influence on me.

You never stop learning in football management and I certainly believe the invaluable experience from my time as Villa manager will prove hugely beneficial in the next stage of my managerial career.

Playing with Tom Watson, I grew up a little bit. Even if he didn't say something to you, even if he didn't give you advice, you have grown up just watching him. It was great.

It's just like high school. If you're a freshman or a sophomore, it's hard to tell the seniors who've been through two, three, playoff games what to do.

I get a lot of advice from Mark Harmon, and I take it all to heart because I respect the heck out of him.

I spent my first twenty years in Morocco, where I coached the national team.

You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player.

I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.

When you don't have someone to model yourself after, you're going to make mistakes.

I had the benefit of being guided by Lew Wasserman. I think part of being a mentor is you have to have confidence in the people you're guiding and mentoring.

I just took the good and the bad from all of the coaches I've been around.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.