Neil Warnock Quotes

There will be internal discipline, but I can envisage both of them playing for Newcastle again. They're top-class players and they don't come along very often.

We changed our rules. If a player does not have some sot of altercation on or off the court once each month, we fine him...The guys that are our top four scorers, each of them will be required once every two months to appear on MTV. The guys who shoot the worst free throws over a one-month period, next time we have a TV game they're required to look into the camera and beat their chests after they make a good play.

All my best players have been really good guys, which means I can coach them.

Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.

Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team

If i am ever given the captaincy, I will be very tight on my players to keep them in line.

Don't ever have a rule that you won't enforce with your best player.

There are weaknesses that you have to understand and it takes a lot of discipline for the players to be able to play it effectively and have confidence in what they're doing.

You don't see players at United complaining to their manager when they are taken off.

There's a lot of talented guys, but there's not a lot of guys that play the game that right way.

As a coach, you never take your foot of the gas when it comes to enforcement of your culture.

What I like about Scolari is his personality. He is a firm guy in his words - if you are not playing well, you'll be benched, but if you are benched and training well, then you will get your opportunity.

I'd be lying if I said I never had any issues with players but at some point you have to stamp your authority because if you're good at taking free-kicks, for example, they should let you take them.

As a player, if your attitude is questioned, it's horrible.

If your best players are taking a shortcut, they're going to have problems holding everyone else accountable and responsible.

No coach wants to sit back and not have control of the team.

Jose Mourinho knows how to control to big players in the dressing room, to control egos. He's done it all his life and knows how to work it into the team.

If there is a really good player at U16 level who disrespects the coach, if you then say: 'You can go somewhere else then. That is not how we do things here.' That would be powerful.

It's not always the fault of the manager when a player is not performing well, I can tell you.

It is nothing new for the management of an international cricket team to wrestle with the amount of freedom afforded to players.

I've always been quite strict when it comes to the appearance of my players. I don't want to see earrings in training, things like that.

There was one time when we were getting beat at Highbury, and our assistant manager Pat Rice came in shouting. Arsene, in front of all of us, just went 'Pat! Sit down and be quiet!'

I want to make one thing crystal clear. The NFL does have a responsibility to make sure that their players are upstanding, law-abiding citizens.

I want everybody to feel he has a chance to get into a game when he comes to the ballpark. I play guys when I want to so they'll be ready when I have to. I don't consider myself a motivator of players. I think it's an insult to a ballplayer to have to be motivated.

Coaching to me is correcting mistakes and trying to get your players to think. If raising your voice occasionally gets them to think better, then that's called coaching.