Nick Nurse Quotes

I think a lot of personnel decisions come down to who's the best player today, like if we had to throw 'em in a game today versus what could their upside be 18 months from now. A lot of times, those are two different answers. That's the difficulty of player personnel.

It is about building the best team you can, not just one to play in the Championship. You look short-term because you need to be competitive, that's the nature of the business. But it's exciting to have players whose potential is exciting.

Judging ballplayers and turning in reports, giving my opinion of who will get to the big leagues and who will not... I think my baseball judgment was really good.

I think it's pretty unique to see a coach adjust to the talent he has and maximize the abilities of players he has and help them keep growing.

Arsenal have a history of bringing through youngsters, giving them opportunities, and turning them into world-class players.

There was no better manager at developing young players than Sir Alex. He knew just when to bring them in and take them out, and he believed in Paul Pogba. For once, in Paul's case, it did not work out. The timing was wrong, and the difference between expectation on the player's side and the manager's idea of his development did not match up.

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.

I think there's a danger in letting someone else shape how you're going to approach a player. Every person has somebody who's going to say something negative about them, you know? If you pay attention to all that stuff instead of seeing it for your own eyes, you can miss out on some opportunities.

We have to talk about the players we have.

You look at the NBA: there's all these young kids that are drafted on potential. They go to bad teams, they're in bad locker rooms, and now we got this analytics stuff that doesn't teach kids how to play. We've got these workout coaches that don't teach kids how to play basketball.

In Germany, young players are given more time, more patience. In England, they prefer to buy already-high-level players rather than spending some time building up a really talented young guy.

For a club to come and get you, they are going to use you at some stage.

When you're in the right system, right fit and you got the right structure, it's easy to see certain players blossom. That was a key for me.

Our philosophy is to give the young players a chance for the future because they are our future.

I used to have a log on every corner in the league, what their strengths and weaknesses are.

When you have your roster set up different ways, you really just have to examine the roster, find out what their strengths and weakness are and hopefully you take your roster and the vision you want to implement of how you want to play and you can tweak your roster to create that.

People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.

The key for scouting is trying to predict when the player is peaking.

As chief selector, I did my best to pick new talent and give them proper opportunities, as they are the future of Pakistan cricket.

When you change 10 out of 22 outfield players, you need time and hard work.

You don't know a player until you coach him.

I think United always had a plan for me. They nurtured me.

If you are the coach of a national team, you have to evaluate players based on what they do on the pitch.

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

You buy the right players for the system that you believe will be successful.