Luka Modric Quotes

I learned a lot at Chelsea partly down to the players I played alongside.

You don't get any better unless you're around guys who know more than you.

I've just got better as a player thanks to Pep.

You learn a lot from quality players.

This whole thing's about development. Not only are we trying to develop players, we're trying to develop ourselves.

I always try to work with people who are better than me, so I can learn more.

I think the coaches have to play a big role in the players' development.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

Whatever happens happens, but learning from the players at Chelsea is a great experience.

When I left City I was still young and there was a lot for me to learn in all parts of my game. To come back and have learned something at a place like Chelsea is down partly to the kind of players I played alongside.

I work on my whole game and learn from the people around me, who I've benefited from tremendously, or the new players who come in to the club.

I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them.

The best way to find a balance between doing your best and showing that you're ready for more is by developing other people. As tempting as it is to hoard knowledge, don't. Instead, make certain that there are others who know how to do important aspects of your job.

Surround yourself with people you can always learn something from. Always work with people that are better at their craft than you are.

You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player.

Throughout the course of my life, I've been blessed to work with extremely talented people.

You feel your game's raised by working with the best people.

I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.

I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better.

Sport was an integral part of school life. The most influential teachers were not necessarily the PE teachers, but the teachers who helped me in sport because they had an understanding of what you were going through.

One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.

You always want to improve, learn from the veterans on the team.

I've been lucky enough to, for the most part, surround myself with a lot of people who are more talented than me and who I can learn from, and it makes me up my game.

I had a breakthrough in my football life. Now I switch to the left. I make goals. I pass. I am evolving.

There is a mutual respect that exists between coaches and players, and ultimately, it's about us trying to help them reach their highest potential.