Chris Smalling Quotes

Louis van Gaal trusted me; I played a lot of games.

I think, for every player, it is important he knows the manager believes in him, and it is important he has the confidence of the manager. That helps you to find the best form.

People don't realize that everyone in the NBA is really good. The difference is having a coach that believes in you.

When your teammates trust you to make the right play, your confidence is building as every game goes on.

Van Gaal gave me all the confidence I could ask for. He made me striker, my favorite position.

Coming back to Tottenham, you feel confident with these players and the manager - the way he talks to you and wants you to play.

I have a lot of respect for Wenger. But a player needs playing time. And a coach has to put his faith in a player if he feels that he needs it.

When you get a chance to play, if you help them win a game, then the team will start believing that the player can also do this for the team. So building that confidence for yourself and the team is very important.

Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.

I'm grateful to Van Gaal: he brought me to United and I played 71 games so I wouldn't say a bad word.

A player senses when a coach loses confidence in him. That, more than anything, can throw a player.

I think that for a player to develop fully on the pitch he needs to be happy.

I believe in myself, I believe in my players. My target is to try to get them to believe in themselves and believe in their colleagues. These are the things that we must do.

It is down to the manager what he wants to do in the transfer window. Us as players, we just have to focus on each game that comes along and try and do our best.

A player playing with confidence is better than a player playing with doubt in his head.

If a young player feels comfortable in a team then they will flourish and be who they want to be. It's less about patronising them and more about trusting them.

It was a great experience under Van Gaal. He gave you the confidence to go and play.

Gareth Southgate is a fantastic manager, and he knows what I am about.

Who wants to go to a team that doesn't play players when they are young? You can't see yourself playing for that team.

From LeBron's standpoint, if a guy like Kyrie walks away - that creates doubt. But Kyrie committed right away, and that's a major statement about his faith in us.

When the players think you are strong and that you trust them, it helps them to have a good attitude.

I give a lot of credit to Darrell Bevell and to Tom Cable for their work and their development of the players that they had that was available to them. They did an extraordinary job, and I do think, as Bevell was our offensive coordinator, we broke every record that the Seahawks had offensively. So there's a lot to be said for that.

If you play at Anfield, for me, it's not a tactical game. It's to play with confidence, to trust the players.

There's a massive difference between playing Under-21 football and being on the bench at Chelsea, and playing every week in a league where you are playing for people's livelihoods and helping to pay their mortgages.

But I think that if a club like Barcelona sign a player, it is because he has the right qualities.