Gennaro Gattuso Quotes

Being a coach is not the same as being a player.

No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody.

I find nothing so painful as having to lead men.

I never wanted to become a coach.

I always feel like I can teach.

You don't forget how to coach.

Being in charge of a team is just like having kids.

Many people have told me I could be a coach, but it doesn't appeal.

Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

I'm not in charge of making moves, you know. I'm in charge of coaching.

I like coaching.

I'm not cut out to be a coach.

I truly love captaining. I've grown into enjoying it.

I don't like the idea of being a coach.

I know I have the abilities to be a head coach or D-coordinator. It's something I wouldn't mind doing. But it's tough being a player and going back and doing something like that, because egos get in the way.

I like coaching a lot.

Both of my sisters have been teachers and they used to say you get asked between 300 and 600 questions every day which you have to answer. That's exactly what directing is. And the vast majority of those questions are not very interesting really, but they need somebody to make a decision - a good one or a bad one - and they follow it.

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.

Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a different area and different category on the field.

I used to think that, when I was a director, I would have a very specific vision of what everything would look like, but now I am more of a camp counselor.

I feel really good in the teacher role.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

A lot of us have jobs where we need to give people structure but that is different from controlling.

When you think about little league football, high school, and even on to college even more so, you're dealing with a lot of guys that are prideful, that think they're the best - a lot of alpha males. So, typically, you've got to have a guy that can control those guys, and, when he talks, they know he means business. He's a serious guy.