Willian Quotes

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

The better players you get, the better coach you are.

Every game, I have to make the best decision. I repeat: my players must be happy to stay in Chelsea and to play for Chelsea and to play for our fans. They must be happy if they start the game or if they stay on the bench and come on.

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.

I don't know if I'm different from everybody else, but there's really only two things to me that are really, really important - recruiting good players in the program and developing those players once they get here.

When things aren't going well, it's very easy to blame the coaching staff.

No two managers are the same and I believe how players are man-managed on a daily basis has a huge influence on their performance on the field.

A player's mind, body and soul have to be right to get the best out of them, and if a player no longer wants to be at a club then the club should try and get the best deal they can and let the player move on.

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

Arsene knows what he wants and knows how to get the best out of you - that is why he gets such an impressive response from his players.

I understand very well that if you are a national coach, you want to use all the opportunities that you have to meet up with your team.

If head coaches weren't important to the success of a team, then owners wouldn't fire them all the time.

Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.

It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.

When you're paying millions of dollars for somebody to coach your team, you can find somebody good.

Every coach has their own philosophy for getting the best out of players, and sometimes these can seem strange to the public.

Every player at Bayern Munich wants to play and should play - they all have good reasons.

I have always been the same player, but Conte knows how to treat players, having played at the highest level himself.

After a certain point I know my players so well, I can anticipate their reactions.

The more better players we have at Barcelona, the better it is for the team and coach.

Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team

For all his tactical genius Guardiola is also a manager who can be patient and loyal, who backs players to come out of bad patches and hit golden patches.

I have to know the characteristics of the players. I have to adapt myself to the characteristics of the championship and the players. Now I study my players.

The last thing you want to see is your great players in the press box or in the locker room.

I think there will be one overarching coach for Tests and one-day cricket. I think you need one person in control and in charge of that environment. Also it's important for people to know I am not going to be playing a tracksuited role. The execution of strategy is over to the captain and coach as it always has been.