Zac Taylor Quotes

With Mourinho, I learned a lot.

I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.

Regarding managing people, I am lucky to be surrounded by good, smart friends, some of whom own their own companies or have worked in ones and can lend experience.

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

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.

I think there's a lot to be learned from your teammates and older guys around you. And there are many ways to lead. You don't have to change your personality to be a leader.

We could all use more coaching.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

I think all you can worry is that you make the team the very best they can be.

Pep is the best manager in the world. He's always looking to help me get better and improve my game.

As a team-mate, the one who taught me the most was undoubtedly Fabio Cannavaro.

If someone works with me, I try to take them to the next level.

I had many good managers: Wim Jansen, Martin O'Neill, Frank Rijkaard, and Alex Ferguson, to name just a few.

There's no shortcut to being a manager or coach.

As you develop relationships in your team you have to learn how your teammates react to being yelled at or how to put your arm around them and show them how to do things. You have to build those relationships up and understand who that person is and how they respond and choose your way to lead them to hopefully help everyone out.

Professor Tite has played a big role in the Selecao's ascent. He's a brilliant coach, with a unique way of working, but he's also a marvellous person. He makes everyone feel at ease.

I needed to learn to be a coach initially. I think if I'd gone into professional football when I stopped playing when I was 30 years old I'd have failed because I'd have made too many mistakes because I had no real idea at that time.

I think being directed and mentored by someone as inspirational as Paul Feig not only improves my performance but, as a whole, makes it what it is.

Over the last few years, I've started to look more closely at the way coaches work to learn from them - not just here at the club but with the international team as well.

Ancelotti, for me, is a great person - a great manager.

To become a good coach, it is important to be equipped with tactics and strategy. But first of all, you need to have strong leadership.

The big element I think that I bring is that I am a veteran coach.

LeBron is like a coach. He is a coach on the floor. He has a great basketball IQ.

I worked under Jose Mourinho, a manager who taught me new things and stressed I should believe in myself.