Fabio Cannavaro Quotes

Every player needs a little time to adjust to new teammates and the mentality of the coach when you change clubs.

I think players changing coaches is normal.

I first came up under Joe Royle and when Keegan took over it was even better for me because I felt his style added more to my game.

When I was in the second unit, it just took me time to find my rhythm just playing with a lot of new guys. But once I got in the starting lineup, it kind of just opened up a little bit.

When I was coach at Ajax, in the first half of the season, the players needed time to adapt to me, to know who I am as a person and as a coach.

We're going to try to tailor our offense to our player's ability.

Sometimes a new coach can find it not easy.

It takes time to adapt to become an Arsenal player.

When you change 10 out of 22 outfield players, you need time and hard work.

We hated to see Coach Riley go. Coach Riley is a very smart individual and he knows his coaching style. He also knows how long to stay with it and move on. He is a very demanding individual. When you coach at that level like that it tends to whirl the players.

Italy have plenty of high-quality players. Newcomers need time to get adjusted to the set-up and the system of play. I'm very young, and although I think I have shown good quality in my international games, I realise that there are plenty of others competing for places.

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?

A coach coaches. That's what he does. That's what he's good at. He's not managing people. He manages his players, but that's different.

Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful and who their coaches were.

I've experienced it a few times at club level, when a manager goes. It doesn't become any easier, but it's part and parcel.

I watched Hiddink and Ferguson at close quarters, and I realized that I am not a coach.

The art of coaching is to give a player freedom to bring out his talent. It is the player's responsibility for what happens once they are on the pitch.

This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team, he was an incredible protector. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He was a master at handling players. He knew when you needed to be pushed or protected.

It's hard to speculate, but it was tough when coach Paul Westphal drafted me and wanted me there and then got fired two weeks into my rookie year.

Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.

Niko Kovac had to understand the system inside Bayern, to realise that this is a very different club to Eintracht Frankfurt, where he was before.

You've got to coach with what you have and who's available.

The coach is the first person who is under pressure but when a new manager comes you should give him time.

I think the 20-year-old me from that time, if I could have been managed under Jurgen Klopp, I'd have benefitted.

Ancelotti is a great coach, and we talk often.