Petra Kvitova Quotes

To train a national team, you have to know what team you have at your disposal and what this team is capable of. You need to get the best out of them and take them as far as possible. Yet, sometimes, you can't achieve your goals.

Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.

The art of coaching is to give a player freedom to bring out his talent. It is the player's responsibility for what happens once they are on the pitch.

When I was a player, it was important to target the first few friendlies and plant a seed in the mind of the gaffer.

Every coach has his own philosophy.

I never thought I was going to make a career out of tennis, to be honest, until I was 10 or 11 years old. One of my earliest memories is when I was seven, and I was competing against players that were three, four years older than me. I didn't take it too seriously at the time. I was having a lot of fun.

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

So I think, for me, playing matches - actually being in real matches - is the best way to get myself playing the best tennis.

Every case is different, but what I want to do first and foremost at Southend is to get the players up to speed.

Before I got addicted to comedy, I was seriously thinking about playing tennis full time. I joined the tennis team and played with a lot of professionals.

Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.

From our perspective, the most important thing is what you do with the players, how you handle them, your ability to communicate with them.

I have worked under several coaches and wish to appreciate each one of them. Jurgen Klopp, though, has helped me improve. He knows how to push you into performing; he knows exactly what should happen.

There haven't been that many players, both men and women, from South Africa breaking through on the pro level. It's not easy because you have to really start playing tennis at a young age and be exposed to the right competitions and other players from around the world.

A coach depends on whether I take a corner well or finish a chance in front of goal, and really, what influence does he have over this when it happens?

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

My dream is to become an important coach of a great team, possibly Juventus. So, I'm observing and putting aside all the secrets of the various coaches that I have had to try to get the best out of myself.

When you're in youth development, you have to develop players - win or come in second. But the job where I am and the reality of our industry is to win to be successful, and that is what I have to do. I have to be successful, and I want to be successful, so we'll do everything we can do to win.

My idea is to know every player and to know, also, the personality of the players.

For a young player, the most important thing is to play.

I'm a modern coach when it comes to training. I pick a lot of things up and I watch a lot of training sessions and follow a lot of leagues around the world.

This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team, he was an incredible protector. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He was a master at handling players. He knew when you needed to be pushed or protected.

As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.

When I was coaching in Turkey, my players played well.

I played tennis when I was younger. I don't know if I could have been a professional, but I am still passionate about it.