B. J. Armstrong Quotes

People say the most important thing is building a world-class team.

You need to be able to work with people. Especially in football, it is not a QB's game... even though the media likes to make it into that - it takes the whole team.

At Kentucky, I was kind of a role player.

Whenever I hear people crying about Kobe yelling at people in practice or wondering whether or not LeBron is best friends with his teammates, I just roll my eyes. You know how many off-court conversations I had with the Zen-Master Phil Jackson in my entire time with the Lakers? One.

I'm aware of the rift in the locker room. That's just alpha males and supreme athletes trying to share the spotlight.

You have a personality inside the pitch and off the pitch and in the changing room, too. The most important thing is to be respected by your teammates, and that's the case at Tottenham.

For me, trying to connect our team together is so important. I know we'll play really well when our team gets really tight. So I want to make sure I connect with the players so that I can help them be at their best.

Of course, it is difficult to arrive at a big team in the first place, but it is even harder to stay there.

It's really difficult when you don't see much of a team and you're not familiar with how they play.

It's not always the best roster that wins, it's the best team, and sometimes that maybe doesn't jell all that well.

We need everybody to contribute as one and do what we've got to do to win. Football is not an individual game. In basketball, LeBron James can take over a game by himself.

Each transfer brings a change to the dressing room that I must protect - that is my job.

Player X might be the best outside back, but does that player help the best wide player be as good?

Stars don't necessarily make a good team and that is what we must learn.

A good team needs time to play together.

A player can't request on what position he wants to play, and it is the same with the captaincy. One should respect this, there are hierarchies.

In Italy, some managers want distance from the players, the Fabio Capello style, but that is not my way. I am more like Carlo Ancelotti. There are aspects of the players' behaviour I do not understand, but I want them to respect our situation. If they do that, I have a lot of respect for them, too, and I will do everything to help them.

Mascherano's impact as a leader is more important inside the squad, and Messi's leadership is more important in the pitch.

It's tough coming out of Nebraska, where you're the man and you have to score, to going to the guy that sets the team up and being a role player.

A team can have quality but it's also about personality and how they can grow.

I love managing characters. Characters make teams and I believe I can deal with all sorts. The most important thing is being able to pass my knowledge on to others and allowing them to flourish as individuals and as part of a team with a specific strategy.

That's the thing: To be successful in the NFL, you have to start by having a quality coach and a quarterback that can kind of lead the team. If you have the trust of the quarterback, then you can build everywhere else.

It's good to have young players around you.

I think the sidekick makes the number one look good.

I have a lot of admiration for those who build tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good coach must do is build the team around the characteristics of his players.