Thomas Dooley Quotes

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

I've always tried to grow people rather than cricketers.

It is all about experience. When you are 7-8 years old, you start playing school cricket and score runs; my coaches, from school level to Rahul Dravid Sir now, all those small, small things - the experiences make a difference.

When you decide to go into coaching, obviously you don't forget why. That's to help develop young people, help them chase their dreams, help them reach their goals.

I worked under Jose Mourinho, a manager who taught me new things and stressed I should believe in myself.

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.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.

The whole thing is develop players, develop them as people, develop teams.

I'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

Every kid I've been around as a football player, they want their coaches to make them better as men and as players.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

I've watched what coaches do for young people in our country.

The players is what I enjoy, the training ground, making players better and believing in themselves because you can make a difference.

I'm especially thankful for being able to coach so many talented young men over my 18 years here. It has been so rewarding to see these players come to OU and mature over a four- or five-year career, and not just on the field. To play a small part in their growth is what I will always cherish the most.

I feel like I've paid attention to all the great coaches who have coached me.

Sarri has really helped me. 'Listen to me and you will become a champion' he told me in his first year at Napoli.

People think that coaching is about winning football matches - which, of course, it is - but throughout my career it has also been about helping people become better, more able to deal with life and be more successful in their lives, on and off the football pitch.

Some of the best coaches I've been around are those people I worked with in high school.

It's always great to do something to impact kids in sports.

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

Well, I've learned a lot from Bill Belichick. I've said time and time again, before I got to New England, I thought I knew a lot about football. But I think he taught me a lot from A to Z. I still carry it to this day.

When you're younger, it's about, 'How can I get better? How can I become the player that I want to be?' As you get older, it's, 'How can this football team improve?' While all along getting better along the way.

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.