Gareth Southgate Quotes

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

As coaches, we learn to accept criticism for our decisions. If a writer says you shouldn't have gone for it on fourth-and-one, we understand that's part of the job. We expect it.

We reflect on our successes and failures at monthly staff meetings.

Being chief selector has been the most challenging role of my cricket career, as I was heavily criticised for my decisions, and I couldn't respond much.

Can't blame the coaching staff for everything. It's mutual, of course. Players mess up, coaches mess up.

I have a drive to get more steals and improve my game and stats overall every year.

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

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.

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

If I didn't play well, Dad was the first one to tell me where I'd gone wrong and give great advice.

You can't criticize a coach until he fails to win with players he recruited.

Going through games, making silly mistakes, you'll need the manager to tell each individual what they are doing wrong.

I think all the players need coaching; if you do not push the player, they are going to be too comfortable. Always, you need to push.

Normally I keep criticism of my players inside but sometimes people need to know what the manager is thinking.

It's always about 'what have you done for me lately.' As players we see what is going on.

Every player usually watches their clips back of how they play: mistakes, duels, things that are specific for your game. I wanted to be proud of that and I wanted to see it in person, I suppose, because in the past I have had a lot of criticism for things that I have done.

I would love to play for the Bucs. But that being said, I think if you find the team that wants you, that's going to be the right team.

I think what's really important from a player is to understand what you did well in that match and see maybe if there's a few areas that you could have done a little bit better, identify them, try to implement it, and keep getting better as the tournament goes on.

I am sure my own game is improving by playing in Serie A.

When you're a player, you only really have to look after yourself. And then you go into management, and you've got 30 players' welfare to keep an eye on.

It's when the runs are not coming that even the minutest of flaws are viewed under the microscope. You look into your game and try to pick every single thing you can improve about it. At the end of it, you emerge as a better player than you were.

I want to make sure I do everything in my power to be a better teammate and player.

I was not guaranteed a starting place at Everton. I had a lot of injuries. Darron Gibson and Marouane Fellaini were in form, so it was a push for me to get in that side.

Great players crave instruction on their weaknesses.

I am still young and being the [England] squad is really good for me although I've still got a lot to learn.