Ryne Sandberg Quotes

The head coach is the chemist.

My job as a coach is to make good decisions. It's not to go out there and block or tackle.

One of the things I like to do is let the players play and the coaches coach.

If you give time and space to players, they will make good decisions and score goals.

Stealing bases is just something I like to do. I figure if I can hit home runs and steal bases, I'd be different than everybody else.

People say I stole a lot of bases. I stole the bases for a reason. I crossed the plate.

I don't have any tricky plays, I'd rather have tricky players.

You have got to boss scrums. The players need to know what you want them to adhere to. Then it is up to them to decide whether they are adhering to that or not.

I might be too emotional to be a manager. You love your players, don't you? And I'm not sure I could leave them out. I know how it feels.

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

When you start the game, coaches will tell you to do stuff in a particular way, and kids do that. But the moment you start first-class cricket, the coach needs to tell you, 'Try this, try that,' instead of, 'Do this, do that.' If you feel comfortable, you can take it; otherwise, leave it.

Since Carlo Ancelotti has arrived, he had emphasised hard work and intensity, and now that is what Real Madrid are associated with. He has playing experience, which makes him different to other coaches.

There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.

Guardiola improved me a lot as a footballer. He taught me a lot of things, and that's why, in every interview I'm asked, I always say the same thing: He is the best manager that I have worked with.

We have to understand the abilities of the players. We will try to build a game model with our ideas and with the players we have.

Roy Hodgson is a very good manager with a clear plan.

I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

Van Gaal is the kind of guy who can really make individual players better.

Ancelotti showed in the past, that he can work with different teams and different players.

Conte is a good coach, but I would steal his place on the bench.

I don't think football management is easy.

One of the things you get caught up as a coach is thinking short-term.

As a coach, you look for the elements. Sort of like a chemist, you want to say, 'Okay, here we have all of the parts,' and make what you think will be a successful line.

I like to be close to the players and listen to what they've got to say and feel. Then I make decisions from a coach's point of view, thinking about what's best for the team.