Gareth Southgate Quotes

There are some agents who do a good job looking after players but there are others who stifle and mollycoddle them.

The team comes first. We want to keep all of our players. We want to take care of all of our players, but the team comes first.

Wenger is an immense manager and a great man. He takes care of his players, maybe too much. He's not a man of conflict.

Everything was professional at United. They really take care of their players.

Am I too loyal to my players? I could be, could be.

I back all of my players, not only Wayne Rooney.

Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car. You are baby-sitting rich, spoiled kids... I don't know where you parked your car!

The head coach is the chemist.

Jim Tomsula is going to be great coach for us. Players' coach. Always around the guys. Someone that's willing to listen to what the players say and has their intake.

From our perspective, the most important thing is what you do with the players, how you handle them, your ability to communicate with them.

I don't want to lose the feeling I have for players, but the pro system almost causes you to be cold and insensitive, when you have to release players yearly.

If we can't find the next technological breakthrough, well, maybe we can be better than anyone else with how we treat our players and how we connect with players and the relationships we develop and how we put them in positions to succeed.

When you're the head coach, you coach 53 people, and their wives and their girlfriends and their families and all those people.

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.

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.

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.

Football today means players stay less now than ever before and you have to accept that. As a manager, a big part of your business is doing far too much business that you don't want to do really.

Harry Redknapp is a fantastic manager. He knows how to talk to players. You need that belief from your own manager. He tells you just to go out there and do your thing. That is what Harry has got more than anyone else.

It's quite confusing and odd when a footballer, instead of playing, is interested in bringing in players who are his friends.

I have always been the same player, but Conte knows how to treat players, having played at the highest level himself.

The amount of staff we have in academies is... I've never seen anything like it. It's good to take care of the players but sometimes I get confused by the number of people who have an impact on one kid - we're talking 100 people or more. It's quite a heavy load.

The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept.

Coaches are always important for players.

The two things that make you a good head coach in this league are if you can get the players to respect you and if you can come across with a clear, consistent message.

We've got to do better at taking care of players and making sure the fans get the best of the players when they're showcasing their abilities.