Shahid Khan Quotes

The amount of pressure that I've put on myself as a defensive coordinator for the last 10, 11 years, I really believe there's a lot more decisions that go into that position than the head coach.

When I was coaching, I was out there, and you're doing press conferences, and the fans see a lot more of the head coach than they do either the general manager or the president.

I just didn't want to walk away from football without knowing what it meant to be a manager, or even wondering what it was like to be sacked.

A head coach has to be able to oversee all facets of the team and of the game.

This is a tremendous opportunity to be named head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, and it's a role I have been studying for over the course of my playing days.

I only worked with Rafa Benitez for a short time, but he's a great manager, and he showed it from the first moment he came. He worked with the players and made us a better team. He's a good person, always trying to help players out.

When you become a head coach, you've played the game; you've coached the game. You have a great understanding of what happens at every level.

Pellegrini gave me back the joy of playing football. He is like Arsene Wenger: someone who likes to joke, someone who likes to talk and take an interest in your life.

Guardiola improved me a lot as a footballer. He taught me a lot of things, and that's why, in every interview I'm asked, I always say the same thing: He is the best manager that I have worked with.

What happens here, the daily agenda of Arsenal, is very different from what I experienced in Monchengladbach.

I like Mourinho a lot. He has a good relationship with fans, and he always takes responsibility for his players.

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

I was hired to be the head football coach, not the general manager.

I am a fantastic football manager, not a hard-headed businessman.

I went into coaching never worrying about what I was coaching for other than trying to make sure that I can prepare my team, select my team, have an amazing staff around me.

I would love to become the national team coach. I am aware that it is a tough job, but I spent 15 years with Italy. In my opinion, I have the right experience for this role and I know the environment very well too.

I don't think football management is easy.

Matt LaFleur's a great coach.

I am the coach, all I do is train the players who are put at my disposal.

As a coach, you look for the elements. Sort of like a chemist, you want to say, 'Okay, here we have all of the parts,' and make what you think will be a successful line.

Klopp is a great tactician and a great coach.

I think that the role as a head football coach is a lot more than just winning games. Sometimes that's all we're measured upon.

I experienced how Pep Guardiola worked every day. He had football on his mind round the clock: 'What system does the opponent like to play? How do I want to set up my team, who do I want in which position?'

I'm really a normal football manager.

I like Southgate as a manager, what he brings. He always wants the ball and adapts to the players.