Angel Di Maria Quotes

When you bring Van Gaal in the house, you bring in quality. But you also bring in someone who thinks he knows everything. And that will cause clashes.

When I was coach at Ajax, in the first half of the season, the players needed time to adapt to me, to know who I am as a person and as a coach.

There's always been conflict, inherent conflict between players and coaches.

Every player, every coach doesn't always see eye to eye.

A team will take on its manager's personality. If it's a laid back manager, you'll have a laid back personality. The players will see that if it's OK for the Manager to be laid back, then you'll have a laid back team.

You don't have to be popular with the players to be a good manager or coach.

You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.

What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.

I can't tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there could be many reasons. They could have personality conflicts. They could have misunderstandings. Lots of stuff can happen.

I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently.

A team takes on the personality of the head coach.

The biggest problem is when a player asks a captain why he is not playing but does not want an honest answer.

You want a coach who is going to push you and be strong and be in your corner when it's tough, but sometimes you have coaches who think they are more important than the players. That's where the conflicts come.

People talk about managers having certain styles and philosophies... well, Benitez manages by conflict. Look right through his career and you will see it everywhere.

As a coach you're able to have better relationships with the players because you're not picking the team.

I don't like to make comparisons between former managers because they all bring a unique style.

I know it didn't always go so well under Mark Hughes but it wasn't as if he didn't give me a chance or anything. He really did.

I think the 20-year-old me from that time, if I could have been managed under Jurgen Klopp, I'd have benefitted.

Modern football is increasingly dominated by the coaches - their narcissism to put themselves above the team and their players.

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.

I've gotten into spats with coaches, players, as well. It's just what happens in the NFL.

In my early England days, there was a bit of tension with captain Nasser Hussain.

Every coach has his own ideas about managing the team and how it plays.

A coach-player relationship in this league often will be confrontational at times. And other times, it's smooth sailing. But just the dynamic of the competitive nature of everybody, expectations, results - all these things combine, yeah, sometimes it will get testy. And that's good.

People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.