Ted Deutch Quotes

You learn every single day when you're running a company. You learn as you go.

I always imagined that I would learn something each time that I would take to a new project, then I realized that each new project poses a completely different challenge.

I'm getting to be a real pro at coming into things midstream and trying to catch up.

Some of the things I did in my early career were massive learning curves because I had no one to guide me. You learn very quickly because it costs you torment and trouble.

I really didn't even have time to get that many lessons, to be honest, because I was suddenly on the road. I was kind of thrown in the deep end. But that wasn't a bad thing when I look back at it.

Especially a new role, it takes a long time for me to settle into a role but it's exciting as well.

It is difficult for every manager, I think, in the first year.

I feel like I've learned a lot along the way and I'm ready to lead.

But you grow more knowledgeable during the time you play in the Premier League. Every new manager, new chapter, has been a learning curve.

When you are in the big competition for the first time, you grow, and then you lose something when you go back into your own competition.

You can read all the books you want, watch all the movies and get all of the advice, but until you're actually in directing, in the hot seat, that's when you find out what you're made of. Also, you just learn so much from doing.

I have been doing this for a long, and it is the players who learn who you need to work with. You have to coach them to think and understand the game. If they cannot, then you have to tell them, 'You have to do this anyway,' but the best thing to do is say, 'Listen, if he is doing this, then maybe you have to do that.'

I worked under a lot of 'top-class managers at Spurs and had to take over as 'caretaker a couple of times when things were not going well. I know what's required.

As captain I enjoy the responsibility. Even when I didn't have the armband I was doing a lot outwith the club so it has been an easy transition.

Life is like school. You aren't going to be born knowing what to do in every situation. You learn little by little.

I had to prepare hard for number four because that's not where I batted all my life.

I think you live and learn each year, whether you're a head coach, coordinator, or business manager. You learn different things that work and different things that don't.

I tried to listen to way too many voices in my first stint as a head coach. The second time around, I know what I want and how I want to do it.

I realised years ago that no one really knows what they're doing and you kind of just learn by observing.

Everyone knows with a rookie, you're going to take lumps. Even with a first-, second-, third-year guy, you're going to take lumps until you gain that experience. But for me, it was nice to get out there and get the experience and do it. I'm a guy that has to do it.

There are always challenges that come your way and I'm probably better prepared to deal with them now I've been at Hibs.

It's always difficult if you're coming into a new club and new league, especially the English one. It's a very demanding one, can be a very tough one.

Any rookie is going to go through a transition process that's going to be tough.

Me being young, I'm going to definitely mess up a lot more than I'm going to make the right play, but I want my teammates to be able to trust me and look at me as a veteran guard trying to run the team.

When you come from younger teams, and you reach the main squad, there are always difficulties you have to deal with, like the intensity, the maturity, and the experience of the players.