Phil Neville Quotes

The challenge of coaching a national side like England would be something different. The job is not about coaching every day.

For me looking at the success of some of the women's football World Cups, the crowds they've drawn, the spectacle it has created and the event that it's been I think it's really great cricket is having a go at that as well.

Clearly, those of us women who play football wish that there was more coverage. But it's one of those things that happens. Every year the level is getting higher, and I think we surprise a lot of people when the world focuses its attention on the World Cup or the Olympics final.

A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.

Norway has a great history of women's football, but it's harder now. We've stopped talking about development, and other countries have overtaken us.

It's a dream that we, as women footballers, get to play in the same stadium as the men.

Playing for England, it's a massive honour to wear the shirt anyway, but to come and play at Wembley Stadium, in terms of how women's football has developed, it's a massive opportunity.

In a World Cup, the girls at Lyon are probably the ones that are going to change the games, and I know them inside out.

I coached five clubs in South Africa and I was successful with them.

I was approached by Sue Campbell to give my thoughts on whether I'd be interested in being the next head coach of the women's national team. Straight away, I was unbelievably excited and honoured to be approached by Sue.

For the average person walking down the street, they don't even know a women's soccer league exists in this country.

I've proved I'm in love with the women's game, and I think the quality is unbelievable.

All over the world people know Juventus as a club affiliated with legends and success and the project with the women's side is very ambitious.

I give a lot of credit to Darrell Bevell and to Tom Cable for their work and their development of the players that they had that was available to them. They did an extraordinary job, and I do think, as Bevell was our offensive coordinator, we broke every record that the Seahawks had offensively. So there's a lot to be said for that.

Louis van Gaal is one of the most incredible coaches who's done a fantastic job in clubs all over Europe.

Frank de Boer definitely showed in the Netherlands that he's a good coach.

Phil Jackson was a brilliant basketball coach, not just because of the offense that he employed, but it was so many other things that went into it.

If you're a footballer, your club should be able to help you with medical needs, and that's where the women's game gets a lack of respect. It doesn't reflect well on women's football at all.

I think when I first went to Man City, they weren't very professional. They were just starting out, and the men's team had just invested a lot into women's team.

It just goes to show how much the women's game has improved over the years: there are some outstanding goalkeepers capable of fantastic reaction saves.

Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.

Goalkeeping in women's football is catching up slowly. It is continuing to modernise, improving technically and physically.

There weren't any opportunities to be a professional women's player until I was 16 and the WSL was formed.

The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

There are a lot of programs, a lot of teams now that have the backing of federations, the growth of the game domestically. You see this with Holland; you see this with Italy. It's a matter of time. I had to leave my home country to go and experience the game. Now, it's delightful that these countries are actively supporting women's football.