Marcus Smart Quotes

The thing about playing basketball in Houston was we had a great coach, great system, and we had guys that believed in me. Once you get that belief in you, it's easy to play basketball, so, we really never had so-called role players.

Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.

I know how important I am to my team, my teammates. They tell me every day.

For me to be a better player, I need to play more games, and having a gaffer I know has great trust in me gives me the confidence I need to help me improve my game.

It is much easier to get over your mistakes when you know you have the confidence of your manager and your team-mates.

Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart.

Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else. To me, it was important to be able to chew out a player for screwing up and for him to accept it because he knew I liked him anyway.

For me, a quarterback's best friend, especially a young quarterback's best friend, is a coach who believes in him.

I had no fear 'cause it seemed everyone in the audience always applauded whatever I did. Course, maybe it was because I always seemed to know everyone in the audience.

To be successful in coaching you have to treat your team like a family. The leader needs backing from everyone.

Camaraderie doesn't happen by accident; developing a strong sense of trust, accountability, and togetherness around team goals requires intentional effort.

All players need to feel confidence from the staff, the players, the supporters. All need to be consistent in training and games to give their best.

You can't look past the captain Eoin Morgan, as well as Trevor Bayliss and Paul Farbrace for giving guys the freedom to play without fear and not to worry about consequences.

I always say that if you stay with a good coach, the relationship between him and his team becomes like a family: he becomes a father with his children.

The coach of Madrid must be very fond of the players and should not put them under a lot of pressure.

The likes of Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling - they give you all the confidence you need. They give you little pats on the back, tell you you're doing well.

If a young player feels comfortable in a team then they will flourish and be who they want to be. It's less about patronising them and more about trusting them.

It was a great experience under Van Gaal. He gave you the confidence to go and play.

I have always believed that against smaller teams is when you can give others a chance to get some runs and gain some confidence.

My players know the 'fear' word or something like that does not go inside our dressing room. Never.

Klopp knows how to motivate players. He speaks to them individually, gets their confidence up, makes them believe and grow in quality. He makes his players feel happy. And they then take that happiness onto the field. He builds that into them.

I was very well received by Dortmund, by the whole club. I felt a lot of love; a footballer is stronger when he has confidence.

My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults.

So if the players trust the coach, it's not a problem. If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

Trust is a core currency of any relationship. Sometimes our need to control and micromanage everything erodes our confidence in ourselves and others. The truth: People are much more capable than we think. A hearty dose of trust is often what's needed to unlock the magic. Go ahead, have faith.