Sean Dyche Quotes

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

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

As head coach, I try to give clear role clarity, instil structure and create an environment in which players can excel.

Every time I get on the court, I want to push my teammates to be better as a leader and lead by example.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

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

I like to think I set aspirational but reasonable goals and encourage my team to achieve them.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.

As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

In 13 years of doing my day job, I've learned a few things about motivating people. It's about setting a vision and, as long as everyone knows why they're doing what they're doing, you achieve that vision.

The manager picks the team and the team has got to go out and do its best.

The manager wants to show his tactics, and if I do them perfectly, he'll pick me.

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

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.

If you want to work as a coach for longer term you need consistency, trust in the club and also the environment around the club.

When the coach can get the trust and the confidence of a team to believe in him, and everyone accepts what they're doing for the team, the good and the great of the team, it usually works out.

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.

Sometimes you need to encourage them sometimes even to comfort them, let them know I trust them. Sometimes you need to tell the truth, being more aggressive. That's management. I need to put the players in the best possible conditions.

I've got the best coaches in the world. I've got confidence in them, and they've got confidence in me.

For me it was just about staying the course, staying true to who I believe that I am, being open, being honest, being transparent with the players, being firm with the players but at the same time listening to the players.

You need to have discussions and make sure you guide players towards the collective spirit. It can't be done overnight.

For me, trying to connect our team together is so important. I know we'll play really well when our team gets really tight. So I want to make sure I connect with the players so that I can help them be at their best.

People need to know their role to produce performances and results.

The Red Bulls have done a good job of challenging me to be a leader, not just be a part of team and score goals, but be someone to be counted on.