Diego Costa Quotes

When you're a player, you want the manager to know your quality and to want you.

The owner or president is the person who controls the club. The coach's job is to keep him happy. But the key to success, as a manager, is your relationship with the players. Important clubs and important players succeed when the environment is correct. The players must enjoy their work and feel free to express their talents.

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

Arsene knows what he wants and knows how to get the best out of you - that is why he gets such an impressive response from his players.

I want to feel the team is playing like I want. If not, why am I here?

For me, it is important to stay close to my players.

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.

The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?

It's not a successful captain that makes a successful team.

I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that's not necessarily right.

As a manager, you are important sometimes, and you make mistakes, but the most important people are your staff and your players. Never call me 'the special one!'

I think all you can worry is that you make the team the very best they can be.

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

I think, in international cricket, your management is about motivating players.

When you work, you know you can have some problem with the players. This is normal because the manager wants the players to work hard, play well, and the players should understand this.

You can be the best manager in the world, but if the players don't trust you, it will never work.

Any football club that is any good is down to the manager more than anything else.

I was just taught, the team goes how the point guard goes.

I have been captain in the past and I know what it takes to gel a team and get it going.

To build a winning culture, you are going to have to prove yourself.

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

Whether it's the best player or the 12th man next to the Gatorade cooler, understanding the personalities on your team is key.