Paul Allen Quotes

It's every manager's dream, I suppose, to build a team by coaching young players of 15 to 17. That's why I started a youth scheme.

If you're a coach and your team doesn't win, at some point you've got to change the coach.

If you identify those guys - something we have done in the past - who are not as valued in the current market for whatever reason and you look to get them to play at a higher level than where they have come from. That's how you develop the team.

As a coach you're able to have better relationships with the players because you're not picking the team.

My dream is to become an important coach of a great team, possibly Juventus. So, I'm observing and putting aside all the secrets of the various coaches that I have had to try to get the best out of myself.

I believe you have to take care of the kids from the youth team, the ones coming through, and people like Butragueno know how to do that.

Prandelli is a coach with great experience and he knows how to work with young people also.

I am so thrilled about the opportunity to coach the Storm for years to come.

My idea is to know every player and to know, also, the personality of the players.

We have to talk about the players we have.

I'm a good special teams coach, and I can recruit.

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.

Real Madrid needs a coach that knows the club and understands the values that it represents.

You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.

As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.

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.

When I was a player, it was important to target the first few friendlies and plant a seed in the mind of the gaffer.

You don't want to push your young players too much.

We get to play every team before the World Cup, touring in different conditions besides a few series at home. It gives a lot of opportunities to the youngsters. As we play more, we get to see who a quality player is and what plans and strategies would work for the team.

It's not enough to buy good players, one has to develop a team.

I don't really like the business side of football, but I just like adding good players to our football team.

And my job is to look at the future of English cricket and develop a side that is capable of winning important series and tournaments in the next four years. And that is what I am going to concentrate on doing.

I began training the young players at Nova Iguacu and at Boavista, and I enjoyed it. I had always wanted to be a coach, and this accelerated the process.

Whenever you are coaching, you are trying to get the most balanced team that you can: balance between defense, offense, and rebounding.

Detroit Pistons basketball slogan: When the going gets tough, we fire the coach.