Derek Carr Quotes

I think the hardest part, and where we have to stay the most disciplined, as much as you want a player, you can't invent him if he doesn't exist.

You buy the right players for the system that you believe will be successful.

The most important thing in IPL is to select the players. You don't get much time to develop a team so it's important to pick the right players.

I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.

When I went to the Dolphins, we retained most of their coaching staff, and of course, we had a few veteran players. So, I just tried to add a few pieces here and there.

You don't sign a player for the sake of it.

From the standpoint that you try to adjust your offense to your quarterback, you try to adjust your football team around your players. You do the best you can with the hand that you have, and you've got to add some parts along the way.

It's really an organizational job with a football team to watch them go through their day.

I don't think football management is easy.

A football club's board of directors' job is to attract and get the best football players and keep them at the football club.

When a scout recommends a brilliant right back or a coach recommends one from our academy, we want the manager to weigh up what is right for the team.

Once you identify positional needs, then I think, then, what you do is, you be very selective on how you go about acquiring those players. You have to look at the resources available on how to acquire those players, and then, if you can, go acquire those assets that can best help this team get over the hump.

Perhaps I'll work as a director of football. I don't know.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.

Carlo Ancelotti wanted me in Madrid and had bet on me.

It is not always about signing star forwards and midfielders.

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

We are always trying to improve our squad because football is dynamic.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

I've enjoyed my time in the game, whether it be managing Luton in the top flight, taking Spurs to Wembley or, as director of football, pinpointing players such as Jermain Defoe, Paul Robinson and Robbie Keane with real sell-on value.

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I'm also the elite performance director of the Welsh FA. The main thing for me was always Liverpool Football Club and my country, Wales - and I'm lucky enough to still be involved with both of them.

What you don't want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team.

Smart drafting is a wonderful thing. A smart free-agent signing is a wonderful thing. Smart trades are a wonderful thing, and that's a function of management.