Ali Krieger Quotes

I don't think you can control people. I don't think you manage people. I think you give people a direction, you give them the resources, you lead by example. They get it right, you say, 'Atta girl.' And they get it wrong, you say, 'Not good.'

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

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

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.

I've never talked to our guys about being young. That's an easy crutch to fall on. You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work.

As a player, I always felt confident that if I was caIm, my teammates knew, 'He's going to do something to help us win.' As a coach, my hands are really tied. I got to believe in my players. If they see I'm calm, they'll believe I trust them, which I do.

I can remember having meetings with my coaches when things were going bad. I told them, 'Hey, we've got to be positive. This is the time we need to step up. You've got to make sure they know everything is going to be okay. Keep teaching. Once they see you are down, you lose them and that can't happen.'

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.

If the play-caller has confidence in you, you can feel it on the headset. You can feel it by the way he's calling plays.

My teammate Torii Hunter taught me how to lead and provide encouragement to the locker room.

Great coaches help create an environment that makes the players want to be successful and work hard and accomplish goals for their teammates.

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

I always speak with all the players during the week before every game we play, because it's important for them to know what I think and for me to see how they are before the game.

The thing about playing basketball in Houston was we had a great coach, great system, and we had guys that believed in me. Once you get that belief in you, it's easy to play basketball, so, we really never had so-called role players.

I know how to get the best out of the players.

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work.

Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

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

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.

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

You have to give guys tools to win with, and if they have success with them then they believe in you. If you don't have anything in your bag to work with, then they won't believe.

Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.