Andre Schurrle Quotes

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

The Premier league is better with Mourinho.

Mourinho asks me to play as I did with Tottenham, but at a higher level.

Louis van Gaal trusted me; I played a lot of games.

Players want a manager you feel in your gut you want to play for - they can have the best tactics and philosophy in the world but if you have lost a player in his heart or head, you have lost him in every other department.

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.

Coming back to Tottenham, you feel confident with these players and the manager - the way he talks to you and wants you to play.

A player senses when a coach loses confidence in him. That, more than anything, can throw a player.

My priority is, do my players feel supported from within their dressing room by their own federation?

I had a good time at Chelsea and was accepted in the team, so it's difficult to explain why I left. My performances were good as well, but there was a time in my second season when I felt I didn't have the manager's trust any more and I didn't play many matches from the start.

I have a lot of respect for Wenger. But a player needs playing time. And a coach has to put his faith in a player if he feels that he needs it.

It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.

I was fortunate to play under Thomas Schaaf at Bremen. And I played for Arsene Wenger. So I always felt, let's say, more responsible than others towards the manager and his succession.

If you ask a million players who they would want as manager, they will come back with a top three list of Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, or Diego Simeone.

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.

Tuchel became runner-up, cup winner, and played attractive football. I enjoyed watching his BVB. That's why I appreciate him and consider him a very good coach.

Mourinho was always very strong for his players, and you needed to deliver for him. For me, it was good.

For all his tactical genius Guardiola is also a manager who can be patient and loyal, who backs players to come out of bad patches and hit golden patches.

People seem to love or hate Mourinho, but players tend to love him.

Most players will tolerate their coach, just like the coach will tolerate that player to do what they got to do, but Steve Kerr is unique. Players want to play for Steve Kerr. Everyone who's played in this league, who's coached in this league, who's been a general manager understands exactly what I'm saying - he's one of them.

You can't manage every footballer the same. Of course you'd love to, but it doesn't work like that. We're not robots.

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

Andre Villas-Boas wasn't the ideal coach for me. He bought Gylfi Sigurdsson and then told me he would be his new No.10.

My passion is coaching, and I see myself more as a head coach with a more continental approach, in charge of football, running the training programme, the players.

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