Theo Epstein Quotes

At TGC, we are firm believers in the value of making games that respect our players.

There's nothing worse than recruiting a player and then leaving the player.

I really just want to go to a team that really wants me and wants to use me the right way and make me successful.

The team comes first. We want to keep all of our players. We want to take care of all of our players, but the team comes first.

We have always made sure that players who have played for CSK, even those who came from other franchises for whatever reason, have performed well.

If you excel, there will always be teams interested in signing the biggest players.

We want to create a kind of cycle where casual gamers are gradually growing up to become passionate players.

I want players to think: 'OK, this has happened now, what is next for me?' That's a very big target because what are academies about nowadays? Is it really just to find one or two players? But what happened to the others? I'm very, very interested in that.

My players' feeling is the most important thing for me.

Everything was professional at United. They really take care of their players.

Administrators guide players and I have played for such a long time, I understand how it feels as a player. You can say I am a player's administrator.

I am not a person who is going to convince players to stay or not stay.

With Anil bhai, it is not only Virat or any other big player, but every player is in his scheme of plans. Even the ones who will not be playing regularly in the side. I feel that is a very important thing.

I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football. It's important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players.

Am I too loyal to my players? I could be, could be.

We want to make the Cleveland Cavaliers a perennial champion and contender. We want people to be part of the franchise for long periods of time if they fit our culture, no matter who they are, whether it's LeBron or anybody that contributes.

I manage every player as well as I possibly can, regardless of which club they're from, what their roots are.

Football today means players stay less now than ever before and you have to accept that. As a manager, a big part of your business is doing far too much business that you don't want to do really.

It would be worse if I have players who are happy if they sit on the bench, because that doesn't mean that we develop our game.

If you want to keep your best players, you need top European football because they want to be involved in that.

I know every part of their lives. I know about their animals; if they've got a dog, I know its name. My players love their dogs. I know about their partners; I know if they go to the cinema - it's the detail you need to be successful. If they have an ice cream, I know about it.

My opinion is always that players need to be happy. You cannot keep them in the squad if they are not happy.

I don't want to spend money the club doesn't have; I don't want to hold a player that doesn't want to stay.

My priority is, do my players feel supported from within their dressing room by their own federation?

But concepts around how a team functions, the importance of the relationship between football and the person, how you develop both, are always valid.