Chris Coleman Quotes

Im not the type of person to point fingers at anybody, and I dont want anybody saying anything to me. There are situations where balls are bounced to your feet you dont say anything.

Aside from the Punic Wars, which I was too young for, I have been blamed for everything.

I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

I behaved poorly by starting this whole thing and I made some mistakes in dealing with it, and they made some mistakes in dealing with me, and taking down all my stuff was probably one of them.

If someone criticizes me, I strike back.

People take things too personally - I don't. If someone says something about me, I let it go. But unfortunately, everyone isn't like that. So I'm trying to be more diplomatic - but people always want a headline from me!

If you're offended, it's your problem.

You're going to be much less likely to point the finger at somebody and create a huge brouhaha when it wasn't necessary if you had stopped and asked yourself, 'Could I have done things to prevent this situation?'

Something goes wrong, I yell at them -'Fix it'- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.

I don't like the blame game, though.

I expect if people have had a problem with me or my attitude, then they come and take it directly with me, face to face.

The first thing I usually do after a fight is apologize to my coaches because I didn't do one damn thing they told me to do.

I believe that it's important to not just shy away from confrontation.

Some issues you just - you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don't have to denigrate others.

I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it.

Managers have very tough jobs. I always respected their job but demanded respect in return.

If you have a problem with my answer that's your problem, not my problem.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.

Even if there's controversy, I'm going to make the decision, and people are going to be happy in one instance and unhappy in the next. But that's the job I've been given and the job I'm going to embrace.

Talking back and being quite aggressive about stuff and not giving a care in the world about anyone. So it was more, I think, that way and I think that's what happened in that party when I stood in between two people.

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.

I only direct in self-defense.