Antonio Conte Quotes

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.

A lot of coaches might yank you after the first couple shots don't go in.

You need people who are vocal on the pitch to give information at different times of the game.

Players draw confidence from a poised, alert coach who anticipates changing in game conditions

My job as a coach is to make good decisions. It's not to go out there and block or tackle.

As coaches, we learn to accept criticism for our decisions. If a writer says you shouldn't have gone for it on fourth-and-one, we understand that's part of the job. We expect it.

When you start the game, coaches will tell you to do stuff in a particular way, and kids do that. But the moment you start first-class cricket, the coach needs to tell you, 'Try this, try that,' instead of, 'Do this, do that.' If you feel comfortable, you can take it; otherwise, leave it.

If he can basically prepare, be the starting quarterback, come in and execute and keep his head right, then I feel good about Weeden.

Being part of the national Test set-up is an experience I enjoyed. I learnt by watching the players prepare for matches.

When I am on the pitch, I play on intuition, but I think a lot about the game as well.

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

You make mental notes. You're a coach, so you make mental notes from matchups, to who steps up in the playoffs to who doesn't, different types of players.

A finisher doesn't always mean you have to take the game deep and then bash to finish. It is all about understanding situations and then adjusting your game with the aim that you have to get the job done.

The massive thing that has changed for me was the game management aspect. I still get it wrong sometimes, we all do, when to attack and when to kick, how to control the game, speeding it up and slowing it down. Whereas I used to just go flat out, as hard as I can, get the ball out and get to the ruck as quick as possible.

It's a mystery coming out each and every game to try and figure out how a team is going to guard me and how I'm going to dictate how my team wins.

You just have to learn that you can't always go and win that ball and there are certain moments to do it.

I would say Pep Guardiola's No. 1 quality is that he sees the technical and tactical aspect of a game really fast.

Teams are trying to get the advantage over the other team by what kind of reads we can get, how can we measure guys if they're tired - all these things.

I've always been very intimately involved in the playcalling on game day.

I have evolved a lot as a player working with Klopp, who is a very tactical coach.

People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.

I have to know the characteristics of the players. I have to adapt myself to the characteristics of the championship and the players. Now I study my players.

I think what's really important from a player is to understand what you did well in that match and see maybe if there's a few areas that you could have done a little bit better, identify them, try to implement it, and keep getting better as the tournament goes on.

I learned a lot under Jurgen Klopp, even when I wasn't playing I was training with the lads every day and my game was still developing. I understood every decision he made and as a player you have got to respect that.

It takes time to adapt to become an Arsenal player.