Sergio Busquets Quotes

As a coach, when it comes to football players, we're trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we're trying to change their behavior and make them better.

In fact, one of the conversations I had with Jason Garrett, you know, sometimes X's and O's get so complicated, and a coach gets so into that that he forgets the most important thing is players win ballgames. Make sure that the players are properly equipped and motivated to do their jobs.

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.

I don't think football management is easy.

As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.

But concepts around how a team functions, the importance of the relationship between football and the person, how you develop both, are always valid.

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

At the beginning of my career, I wasn't coaching players like Messi.

My philosophy is that you don't motivate players with speeches; you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in, and those are the guys that are competitive. You can not teach competitiveness.

I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't.

I have coaching friends, and when we get together, we often talk more about what we're doing to get players' attention than we do about the fascinating X's and O's of our sport.

Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.

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 already worked with Van Gaal before at the Under-20 team back in 2001. He hasn't changed much as a coach since. He really stands out.

Thomas Tuchel is a coach who can work in the long-term.

As a player I had a few idols but that's not really interesting any more. I was a striker and focusing on guys like Marco van Basten but as a coach I want to make my own footsteps.

Pellegrini gave me back the joy of playing football. He is like Arsene Wenger: someone who likes to joke, someone who likes to talk and take an interest in your life.

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

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.

I am a fantastic football manager, not a hard-headed businessman.

Pochettino is a terrific manager if you look at the way his teams play.

We have to talk about the players we have.

I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football. It's important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players.

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

When I was coaching in Turkey, my players played well.