Graham Potter Quotes

Every season I think it's right every great team tries to improve the quality of the team.

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

I think it's pretty unique to see a coach adjust to the talent he has and maximize the abilities of players he has and help them keep growing.

I think that's the philosophy of all top teams - to educate young, top players and to give them the possibility to play.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

It is my job to work with the players we have and try to improve them as a team and move the country forward.

Now, would we like to have that super quarterback? Absolutely. And if we have the opportunity to get that person or develop that person, that's what we'll do.

When you don't have the deepest pockets, you better have the best scouting and development.

Every team in the league is always looking to upgrade its talent.

I think the coaches have to play a big role in the players' development.

With Marco Silva, the way he coaches players, he has that knowledge: he wants the best out of you, basically. He wants something out of you all the time, and having seen him work in a short space of time, it's only going to improve.

We as a club should be aspiring to have the best players playing for us. We've had that in the past. We're in for players if the manager wants to be.

From the standpoint that you try to adjust your offense to your quarterback, you try to adjust your football team around your players. You do the best you can with the hand that you have, and you've got to add some parts along the way.

I enjoy working with players who want to work and I get more satisfaction with that than ready made teams or players.

My sole focus is producing the best team possible for England.

Scouting and player development is the key to year-in and year-out success, not the occasional lucky hit. There are no definitive answers in this game, no shortcuts. When you think you've got it all figured out, you can get humbled very quickly.

My management skills are more suited to developing teams to be better than what they were before, and not just about avoiding relegation.

As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.

You have to build your core nucleus of your team through your draft. What that does is you basically introduce them to your culture and your environment. Then, as guys begin to perform and play to that level, then you say, 'You know what? You guys deserve an extension, so here it is.'

It's not enough to buy good players, one has to develop a team.

I don't really like the business side of football, but I just like adding good players to our football team.

And my job is to look at the future of English cricket and develop a side that is capable of winning important series and tournaments in the next four years. And that is what I am going to concentrate on doing.

It's part of the beauty of the job in dealing with this is you have to have a plan, and that's why you can't only train 11 players; you train your whole team.

Once you identify positional needs, then I think, then, what you do is, you be very selective on how you go about acquiring those players. You have to look at the resources available on how to acquire those players, and then, if you can, go acquire those assets that can best help this team get over the hump.

As a player, I had no idea whatsoever about getting a team ready for a game, what it entails.