Teemu Pukki Quotes

Sometimes you need to encourage them sometimes even to comfort them, let them know I trust them. Sometimes you need to tell the truth, being more aggressive. That's management. I need to put the players in the best possible conditions.

Arsene knows what he wants and knows how to get the best out of you - that is why he gets such an impressive response from his players.

As head coach, I try to give clear role clarity, instil structure and create an environment in which players can excel.

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around.

I think, in international cricket, your management is about motivating players.

Man-management is my biggest asset, to help the players enjoy themselves and be better than they already are.

What I like about Scolari is his personality. He is a firm guy in his words - if you are not playing well, you'll be benched, but if you are benched and training well, then you will get your opportunity.

I have a lot of power. Here, I can decide: training at six in the morning! Training 11 in the night! But my style is not to impose. I would like to convince the players of what they are doing. This takes more time.

To lead a group of players is to lead a group of people with different ways of thinking. You have to be prepared for that and know more than just about football. You have to speak a lot to the players, have to make them feel what you expect of them. Have to convince them. Therefore, it's very important for a coach to have a life outside football.

Harry Redknapp is a fantastic manager. He knows how to talk to players. You need that belief from your own manager. He tells you just to go out there and do your thing. That is what Harry has got more than anyone else.

You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.

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.

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

The manager picks the team and the team has got to go out and do its best.

When you're a manager, we sometimes speak too much about tactics, but the most difficult thing for a manager is to get the best from his best players.

Guy Lewis was all about efficiency. He was a great motivator. He got real talent and taught his players how he wanted them to play: hard and aggressive!

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

When you work, you know you can have some problem with the players. This is normal because the manager wants the players to work hard, play well, and the players should understand this.

You can be the best manager in the world, but if the players don't trust you, it will never work.

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

I take the role of leadership as the most important job I have. Yes, it's the passes and all the different things you have to do, but it's leading and it's in the huddle and it's in the weight room and the meeting rooms. It's that role I think comes first.

As you develop relationships in your team you have to learn how your teammates react to being yelled at or how to put your arm around them and show them how to do things. You have to build those relationships up and understand who that person is and how they respond and choose your way to lead them to hopefully help everyone out.

Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.

It takes a special individual to be a coach to pay attention to all that bad stuff and keep people accountable.