Kyle Lowry Quotes

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.

Every coach has his own ideas about managing the team and how it plays.

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.

Every coach has their own philosophy for getting the best out of players, and sometimes these can seem strange to the public.

If you're a coach and your team doesn't win, at some point you've got to change the coach.

I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.

Regarding my coaching philosophy, I think it is important to adapt to the team/players and the culture in the country where you are coaching, but to keep possession is a key issue wherever you are.

I can't figure out how you can draft players for a coach that you know coaches a certain a style, and was successful doing that style, and get him to play a style that you feel comfortable with.

There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.

It's very easy to say take a player, a world-class player out of the system of playing and just push him into a coaching role but coaching is a whole other thing. It's a skill.

As a coach you're able to have better relationships with the players because you're not picking the team.

With Zidane he had a lot of relationships with the players, a father-son relationship. Like a friend. Solari does the same, he is being fair to everyone.

When you are not winning, the coach is more or less the weakest person in the team who can be replaced.

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

It's important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player's strength and their weakness.

I think, as a coach, you've got to do what your players can do.

You get different philosophies in coaching, usually depending on what position the coach himself played.

Modern football is increasingly dominated by the coaches - their narcissism to put themselves above the team and their players.

I always get saddled as a player's coach, and I'm happy about that.

The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

I have always been the same player, but Conte knows how to treat players, having played at the highest level himself.

The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments.

Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing.

The head coach is the chemist.

I think players changing coaches is normal.