Ed McCaffrey Quotes

George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.

I've learned so much from Mourinho and love being in his team and learning new roles.

Well, I think I've had the opportunity to be around some great coaches and players. And I have been able to learn a little bit, something different from every single one that I've been around.

You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player.

As a player, I could have the ball in my hands; I could kind of dictate what happens. I'm still learning, a young coach with young players. Sometimes I'm going to see things. They're not going to see what I see. So it's being able to translate that and help them see what I'm seeing.

The opportunity to coach Kerry Kittles I wouldn't give up for anything.

The whole thing is develop players, develop them as people, develop teams.

Everything I have experienced and learned in football led me towards one day becoming a coach.

I learned a lot from the coaches I played for.

If I can understand them better as a person then I can understand how to make them a better player too.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

Playing one year under Coach K feels like you've played for three years. I learned so much from him; gained a lot of wisdom and knowledge from him.

I've been around some great coaches and learned a lot from every single stop I've had.

All the different coaches and styles of play I've seen helped me develop, to relate to my teammates.

My goal early in becoming a head coach so young was to find out if I could do it. I just wanted to see if I could be a good head coach and then start learning from head coaching.

I wanted to give back to football what it's given me. So, I decided, 'I'm going to be a coach.'

Three years under Saban changed me. He's the best coach in the world at what he does.

I feel like I've paid attention to all the great coaches who have coached me.

Every day, you learn something. That's the same as assistant coach and the same as a head coach. You should continue to learn. You watch so much basketball, you should see something somewhere from somebody different all the time.

I've just got better as a player thanks to Pep.

Coaching - get a guy like Phil Jackson, you expect the coaching to change right away and things to change right away. Ultimately, it takes a lot of time.

People think that coaching is about winning football matches - which, of course, it is - but throughout my career it has also been about helping people become better, more able to deal with life and be more successful in their lives, on and off the football pitch.

I could have coached better.

I've cut my teeth as a coach with some great head coaches and some great co-workers and I have been very lucky to have learned a lot of football from all of the above.

During the final two weeks of training, our students work simulated game situations in which our staff members role-play as players, managers, and coaches. They are given immediate feedback following each camp game.