Thiago Silva Quotes

Everyone has his own form, and I never had any problems with Mourinho.

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.

I am very lucky that Julen Lopetegui gives me total freedom to move where I like.

For me the relationship you have with the coach is very important.

Sometimes I had bad behaviour with managers that I loved at Sampdoria, like Vujadin Boskov and Sven-Goran Eriksson. I understand that this can happen during the game or when you are substituted.

In Napoli, they trust me.

I've developed a lot under Jurgen Klopp. I am very grateful to him, and it is a lot of fun to work with him.

It's not difficult to manage Tevez. We had a good relationship always.

I trust Mr. Wenger like no one else, so if he says that the best way to get my place in squad back would be go on loan, it means he's right.

Jose Mourinho and I get along well. I've lots of respect for him. He gives me a lot of confidence. After a bad game, he dares to say, 'We have played with 10 today,' but that's it. At moments like that, he leaves me alone.

You're getting to know these guys as people, and as players. You have to develop a rapport. They give me a lot of respect.

It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.

Andre Villas-Boas wasn't the ideal coach for me.

Zinedine Zidane knows how to deal with me.

Scrimgeour: "It's time you learned some respect!" Harry: "It's time you earned it.

You've got to give loyalty down, if you want loyalty up.

You talk all the time about being connected, being a unit, believing in each other. But if you have unnamed sources, people out there cutting you down, and then you find out it's the person calling the plays - that would be really hard to deal with, to look at him the same way.

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.

That's ultimately the thing that sticks out to you most, that's most important to me, is that I have the respect of my teammates.

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

It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels is appropriate without having somebody go to the papers. They respect you. So you respect them back.

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.

The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.

What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.

If you're a coach, and you don't have trust with players, you've got no chance, and your credibility is zero. And that's why it's so important to tell them the truth. If you have something that you're upset about, tell them the truth. If they're doing something wrong, tell them the truth.