Franz Beckenbauer Quotes

People say, 'Is broadcasting the same as coaching?' I say, 'Hell, no.' Coaching, you win and lose. Broadcasting, you don't win and lose. Coaching was a lot bigger than broadcasting.

Some people are really good at the visionary role. They're like third grade teachers who tell people the vision and values over and over and over until they get it right, right, right. But they're not implementers. If they're good leaders, they gather people around them who can take the implementation role and move it forward.

The Rockets have a philosophy of what they think their coach should be.

As coaches, you want to be able to put your players in a system that's conducive to their success.

MS has always been a bowler's captain.

I have a lot of power. Here, I can decide: training at six in the morning! Training 11 in the night! But my style is not to impose. I would like to convince the players of what they are doing. This takes more time.

It is up to the coaches to tell me how to play.

I just coach my team. I just focus on coaching my team.

I've always been a point guard, so being a coach on the floor, I've had to connect with every one of my teammates and find ways to motivate them, find ways to build them up.

I love listening to Coach Belichick's press conferences: even though they may not be what the media wants, they're great coaching, teaching tools.

The best coach I have ever worked with is certainly Jose Mourinho. He has an unparalleled passion.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble.

You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.

I'd like to think that every captain around the world has a vision of how they want their teams to play and most of them are allowed to take their teams forward in their own way.

When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.

I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control.

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.

At first, I didn't know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.

As a leader, you want your team to play as you are.