Hansie Cronje Quotes

You don't have to be popular with the players to be a good manager or coach.

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

I have worked under several coaches and wish to appreciate each one of them. Jurgen Klopp, though, has helped me improve. He knows how to push you into performing; he knows exactly what should happen.

One of the things I like to do is let the players play and the coaches coach.

When you want to be a good coach you have to have the full package, that's for sure. I don't believe that you always have to punish or instil fear into players like the old days.

Good teams understand how to compete, how to practice the right way.

I think the first assumption as a coach can't be that we just have to run harder or do it tougher. You have to understand that everybody is a human being and you have to understand that everybody has things that they're dealing with.

When I was with the Bulls, I was very dysfunctional.

Players' moods change on a daily basis, so it depends how you find your players, and up to you to get the best out of them.

I know myself that when there is a manager who knows how to get the best out of you then it's different - and that's why I chose Villa. I wanted to work with Steve Bruce again.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.

So if the players trust the coach, it's not a problem. If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

We coaches have to learn how to deal with that: How do I get to each one best - with a talk, with video analysis? And what sort of tone? We need our own coaches for that. The sports psychologist coaches me too.

The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

When I had people scratchin' my shorts a bit, it played better. We lost a bit of that in all the personnel changes and it's an element we need to get back.

There is still a big onus to be coached. I understand the best teams don't need a huge amount of coaching, but that's when a coach should decide not to do coaching.

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?

I'm interested in coaching.

When I started to be a coach, I expected a lot - maybe too much - in terms of physical approach, tactics, and technique. There was too little emphasis on human relationships.

As a player, you can be more spontaneous and instinctive, but now as a coach I have to find a psychological balance within the team.

It is important for the manager to find the right solution for your team.

I watched Hiddink and Ferguson at close quarters, and I realized that I am not a coach.

Every new coach is interesting.

When you're the head coach, you coach 53 people, and their wives and their girlfriends and their families and all those people.

I'm a fan of coaching.