Zlatan Ibrahimovic Quotes

I know it will take a little time to adapt to a different team and a different league.

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.

Obviously, it has taken time to work with the players around me and with so many new faces coming in the summer, in a way it's been more difficult.

Obviously, getting traded halfway through the year is always tough. New faces, new teammates, guys you played against but don't know on a personal level.

People seem to expect when that happens, for players to be brought in that are so much better than the ones that have left. In the end they might be better but in the beginning they might be worse. Because they all have to gel and get to know each other and get to know you.

Any new coach takes about six months to adjust to the system, and players also need time to understand his methods.

When you come in with the national team, there's an adjustment period. Sometimes you don't have time to adjust.

At first when I first went to the Chiefs, there was a huge transition from what we had done in New England to a team that was rebuilding.

It takes time to adapt to become an Arsenal player.

I never really had a chance to know the players individually... I thought when they were on the floor, they worked hard. But I never really got to know them.

Change does not mean you will win with a new coach and achieve victories, but rather it causes instability in the team as the new coach needs some time for the players to adapt his new plans, which are always different than the previous coach.

Sometimes you can line up with a quarterback after getting traded or going to a new team, whether it's the draft or whatever, and it not go smooth.

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

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

The greatest players fit with the team. They play within the team's style, rather than asking the team to change its style.

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.

People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.

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.

Felix Magath works with pressure. At first, we didn't know where we stood with him. That prompted the players to give their best because they wanted to play, but after a while the players knew where they stood and Magath no longer received the same effect.

I am interested in how much and how quickly Klopp, the manager that I know, can change the team at Liverpool.

Number one consideration is always availability. Then it's about - for me and, I guess, for every player - the connection with the coach, like with any relationship: how you work together, the chemistry on court.

From Rick Adelman to Kevin McHale, it was a big difference. Things are a lot stricter with McHale, and with Rick, things are a lot different, offensively, defensively. You go from being successful as hell with one coach and being comfortable with the coach to, yes, I was really successful with Kevin McHale, but I just didn't do it the right way.

A coach needs time to get to know the players, the environment, the fans and the culture of the club. You can't solve everything in one or two months.

Actually, it's normal when you come to a new club and country: you need to get used to the language, the philosophy of the team, the squad, the coach.

Whenever I hear people crying about Kobe yelling at people in practice or wondering whether or not LeBron is best friends with his teammates, I just roll my eyes. You know how many off-court conversations I had with the Zen-Master Phil Jackson in my entire time with the Lakers? One.