Gareth Barry Quotes

You need to know exactly where to be on the pitch at all times.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

I'm busy working on every aspect of my game - defense, shooting, rebounding - but I really want to become a better overall team player. Help my teammates become better players out on the court in order to win more ball games.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

The key is having great players. But there are a lot of teams that have All-Stars and haven't been able to put it together.

People say, 'Is broadcasting the same as coaching?' I say, 'Hell, no.' Coaching, you win and lose. Broadcasting, you don't win and lose. Coaching was a lot bigger than broadcasting.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork.

I kept my speeches short as captain. I focused on the key points of the opposition of the day. As coach, I was never afraid to give long speeches to the players throughout our preparations. It was important they had all the information possible.

You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.

During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

I have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.

I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.

I don't miss being in the dugout - I'll make that clear.

I'd like to think that every captain around the world has a vision of how they want their teams to play and most of them are allowed to take their teams forward in their own way.

I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control.

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.

It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players.

At first, I didn't know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

I want to be on the field. It's a better place to talk to the guys. It's a relaxed atmosphere. You want to make sure you know what's going on, not just with the hitters.

I've had good players in my time. I really have.