Eden Hazard Quotes

With Zidane he had a lot of relationships with the players, a father-son relationship. Like a friend. Solari does the same, he is being fair to everyone.

When I was coach at Ajax, in the first half of the season, the players needed time to adapt to me, to know who I am as a person and as a coach.

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.

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.

After a certain point I know my players so well, I can anticipate their reactions.

So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way.

The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.

When Coach Belichick comes up to you during a game and says something to you, that's great.

I can't figure out how you can draft players for a coach that you know coaches a certain a style, and was successful doing that style, and get him to play a style that you feel comfortable with.

No two managers are the same and I believe how players are man-managed on a daily basis has a huge influence on their performance on the field.

My first thing with every club I have worked in is to get a personal relationship with the players and then build a professional one.

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.

A player's mind, body and soul have to be right to get the best out of them, and if a player no longer wants to be at a club then the club should try and get the best deal they can and let the player move on.

When I arrived at Bayern he asked me: 'How are you? Are you ready to learn how to play football?' Before, I thought the coach's job was just to set up the team. However, with Guardiola it's something different. He is addicted to football and because of that he is a phenomenon.

Arsene knows what he wants and knows how to get the best out of you - that is why he gets such an impressive response from his players.

This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team, he was an incredible protector. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He was a master at handling players. He knew when you needed to be pushed or protected.

Roy Hodgson destroyed me. He made me play in the centre of midfield.

I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football. It's important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players.

Every manager has his own idea of playing and his own idea of the training, and everyone has a different personality.

I think the 20-year-old me from that time, if I could have been managed under Jurgen Klopp, I'd have benefitted.

You get different philosophies in coaching, usually depending on what position the coach himself played.

From Rick Adelman to Kevin McHale, it was a big difference. Things are a lot stricter with McHale, and with Rick, things are a lot different, offensively, defensively. You go from being successful as hell with one coach and being comfortable with the coach to, yes, I was really successful with Kevin McHale, but I just didn't do it the right way.

Modern football is increasingly dominated by the coaches - their narcissism to put themselves above the team and their players.

I always get saddled as a player's coach, and I'm happy about that.

Every manager is different in one way or another, but what stays the same is coaching Barcelona players - players who want the ball, who want to be protagonists on the field - so each manager who's been here has been able to take advantage of that, and, luckily, I feel we've become more complete because of it.