Jack Welch Quotes

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

You always want all good players at your team.

A winning model would mean trying to get the best possible players that you can, at whatever age they are; it doesn't matter.

We as a club should be aspiring to have the best players playing for us. We've had that in the past. We're in for players if the manager wants to be.

It is an interesting balance in trying to find players to make your team really good and at the same time running a financially sound operation. That is the challenge for every team.

Look at great teams like Detroit a couple of years ago; they win the Stanley Cup and guys only score 25 goals, nobody has a really big season.

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

He who gets the best players usually wins.

The manager sits down with me; I sit down with the board. We assess the success of the year. The manager assesses whose coming through the academy system. His job is to look at what is happening in European and world football.

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

It's my responsibility to put a team on the floor that will win, and that attracts players.

Every team in the league is always looking to upgrade its talent.

I always like to have the best players in my team.

People realize that when you win, you obviously have some good players on your team.

We want the best players to be at Barcelona.

I think the NBA just, overall, when you need somebody to blame, the first person that you go to is the coach. But at the end of the day, you need the right players that match each other. Not just the best players. Chemistry helps.

If you don't have the best player in the world in the team, it would be strange if you didn't notice the difference.

You always attempt to better yourself by getting good football players.

When you're paying millions of dollars for somebody to coach your team, you can find somebody good.

Winning is important to give us confidence and assessing how the team is doing.

My goal is to outwork everybody in recruiting, sign the best players in the state, and turn these guys into the best team we can.

Honestly, I think winning changes all of that. It doesn't matter where you are - it could be Timbuktu - if you win, people will watch, they'll follow and they'll support. It's my responsibility to put a team on the floor that will win, and that attracts players. Look at the teams that have been successful in the NBA. Yes, you have big, glamorous cities like L.A. But Miami has won, and so has San Antonio. Oklahoma City is a very successful team. They're not the biggest markets.

That's what I hope to put out onto the pitch - a team that knows how to win matches.

Owners want to make their team a winner so they can get more fans in the stands, and that's why they go after the best ball-players and pay 'em what they're worth.

Good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win the playoffs.