Didier Drogba Quotes

I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers.

I feel like I've paid attention to all the great coaches who have coached me.

But once you get accepted and are trained under the best coaches, these things really help boost your confidence level.

I worked under Jose Mourinho, a manager who taught me new things and stressed I should believe in myself.

I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level.

I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids; rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership - not to punish the individual.

Confidence is a crucial building block in a successful career, and embracing it fully will take you places you never thought possible. With proper guidance and hard work, anyone can become more confident. Once you pass a certain point, you'll feel it from the inside.

We could all use more coaching.

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'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

I think the coaches have to play a big role in the players' development.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

The fact that people want to learn from you gives you confidence as well, especially if someone in an IPL dressing room that you respect comes up to you and asks how you do something. Your self-worth starts to improve.

I try to see what the players can do and not what they can't do.

Jogi Low and Pep Guardiola both know exactly how to deal with me. To receive criticism from big coaches even delights me a bit.

For me to be a better player, I need to play more games, and having a gaffer I know has great trust in me gives me the confidence I need to help me improve my game.

Seek out a personal coach or mentor in the workplace. He/she should push you when you need it by encouraging and motivating you. Don't be afraid of their honesty.

For me to be at my best, I need to do something I'm decent at, which is coach.

Coaching Netherlands remains one of my ambitions.

Sarri has really helped me. 'Listen to me and you will become a champion' he told me in his first year at Napoli.

I have grown a lot under Ancelotti. He got the best out of me.

It is all about experience. When you are 7-8 years old, you start playing school cricket and score runs; my coaches, from school level to Rahul Dravid Sir now, all those small, small things - the experiences make a difference.

All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.

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

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