Harry Redknapp Quotes

Kids can really get better quickly. Here's another thing I would like to say: Kids should never be coached by their parents, ever. They should be as natural as possible.

Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.

If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If they live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. If they live with criticism, they learn to condemn.

When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because I didn't know all the rules, and all these kids were better athletes than me. I made a bad call, and this dad snapped on me. Then he dumped his trash from his cooler, and I had to kick him out of the stands.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

You hear peewee coaches teaching the 'trap'. What the heck are we doing teaching the 'trap'? Let the kids go, let them have fun; that's how you improve.

Never charge a player and, above all, no pointing your finger or yelling.

Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.

True basketball coaches are great teachers and you do not humiliate, you do not physically go after, you do not push or shove, you do not berate, if you are a true coach. If you humiliate or curse them, that won't do it. Coaches like that are not coaches.

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

Don't be guilty of ignoring symptoms of rebellion when your children are small. Don't simply excuse it as a stage they are going through and think that they will grow out of it. If you ignore it when they are small, you won't be able to handle it when they get older and the rebellion has had time to develop into a strong force.

When you want to be a good coach you have to have the full package, that's for sure. I don't believe that you always have to punish or instil fear into players like the old days.

I have a very English coaching philosophy.

As a coach or manager, if it was something that had to be done I'd be comfortable doing it but I'd still be true to myself. I wouldn't turn into a madman or start throwing teacups and screaming.

When I made the transition from player to coach, I evaluated myself and saw that I needed to improve my personality. I would fight with players - literally. I was 35, and you can't be like that; you have young players to guide. You have to transmit calm.

A lot of people like to trash talk, but I don't. I like to use my movements inside the cage to do my talking.

I read somewhere that your voice towards your children becomes their inner monologue. That was so interesting to me, and I think that pertains to 'Better Things' as well.

My first target is not to win: it's to develop young players with our work. That was my first idea when I started as a coach, because with this work come results.

I think that's good for a coach to have two sides: the jokey side and the fiery side.

A lot of people came up to me and said you need to trash talk. That's not me.

I hope all the kids out there who don't like listening to their mothers, who yell and scream at them, that moms are always right just so you guys know.

I think coaches who don't coddle but praise players when they deserve it get the best results.