Adam Thielen Quotes

The way that I prepare, the way that I play, the way that I like to speak to the lads or manage situations is the way that I do things.

Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

I'm not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player's ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence... I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

My thing is to execute the given play, execute the game plan to the best of my ability. If the option is for me to make a play when I have to, I will. Or I'll put myself in the best situation to do so.

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

All of the usual formations have advantages and disadvantages, but none would work without the magic of the players.

That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.

I want the ball in my hands, throwing the ball, making decisions.

I look at the group I've got and then I decide what strengths and weaknesses they have and then I formulate an appropriate way the players can work in order to be collectively successful.

A quarterback has to trust the quarterback coach. And the quarterback coach has to trust him.

It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.

In football, it is a question sometimes of the mentality, understanding the players, the atmosphere, the confidence.

I have to put my team in a good situation.

As a quarterback, especially when I come off to the sideline, I am trying to get things corrected, trying to get things figured out and move on to the next series.

Are there things you can do with the rest of your personnel or are things you can do schematically to help a quarterback? I think so. But at the end of the day, that quarterback still has to be a driving force of your team, especially if you want to be a consistent winner over time.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.

What I've learned is that unless it's an emergency, like a fire or brain surgery, hierarchy is not necessary and may be damaging. If you have a hierarchy, you're repeating the strengths and weaknesses of one person without allowing for the accumulative strength of a group.

You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.

I'll practice as good as I can, but I know that I play even better, with the qualities I have - leadership, my ability to make something happen in games, winning.

I have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

It's a unique situation to have, but again they say sometimes talent doesn't win. It has to be brought together right. That's the coaching's job. That's what we're doing.

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.