Mats Hummels Quotes

A lot of guys are offensive minded, which is good at some points and times but bad at others - at lots of others. I wish I could say I want everybody to play defense as hard as I do. It's not a reality.

I don't love playing zone all the time, because it does have an effect on your offense.

Most teams won't really focus on one player because they've got multiple players to defend and that will open up a lot of things for me.

It's one of those things: we've got guys that are very offensive and can take down anyone, and we've got guys that don't shoot at all but are very hard to take down. It's one of those things. You've got to decide what you're good at.

In high school, you don't play much defense. It's mostly offense. In college, it's vice versa, and that's what I tried to do.

It is not about the system, it is about how individuals perform on the pitch and whether they do the right things, so it is not as simple as just picking a system.

We're going to try to tailor our offense to our player's ability.

It's a mystery coming out each and every game to try and figure out how a team is going to guard me and how I'm going to dictate how my team wins.

Whenever you are coaching, you are trying to get the most balanced team that you can: balance between defense, offense, and rebounding.

I stay in the middle and my team-mates can go to attack.

It's up to the manager where and how every player should play, but I think every player should be comfortable in that position.

I really think your roster and your personnel dictates your style of play. When you have David West and Roy Hibbert does it make sense to play spread pick-and-roll game when you have those abilities inside?

Every play, I'm trying to get as many shots on the opposing team as I can, so when you get to the fourth quarter, they obviously don't want to be on the field anymore.

I've pretty much adjusted to how teams play. Like when I draw two defenders, I want to make the best play possible.

I don't worry about individual matchups.

When you bring one of your top scorers, your top players off the bench, it really gives your team balance.

I've always said, not giving too much away, I'm a believer in having all your stars on the pitch.

I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing the ball in. You have to have a system that makes all things work.

We cannot try to play in a manner that does not correspond to our players' characteristics.

Why shouldn't Harry Kane take corners? If he happens to be the best striker of a ball in the team and gives you the best delivery, why shouldn't he do it?

I'm a coach who admires attacking football. I want my teams to look to win.

I don't have any secrets. I know my style of football and sometimes it's pretty simple.

I've always preferred a 4-3-3. It's a more fluid and dynamic system, and I think it plays to my strengths better.

For me, as a coach, it is important to put together a team that not only blends but finds the right balance between defence and offence.

Everyone's system in the NBA makes sense. It all comes down to the quality of player and the quality of execution.