Michael Ballack Quotes

You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.

There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.

That's football, it's our job not just to name the starting XI but during the match as well.

Most teams won't really focus on one player because they've got multiple players to defend and that will open up a lot of things for me.

Whenever you are coaching, you are trying to get the most balanced team that you can: balance between defense, offense, and rebounding.

It's up to the manager where and how every player should play, but I think every player should be comfortable in that position.

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.

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

Every team has a play style, in my opinion. The video speaks for itself; that's what we always pay attention to.

Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?

We have to understand the abilities of the players. We will try to build a game model with our ideas and with the players we have.

If seven or eight players play offensively, then it's clear that the offensive force is greater than the defensive stability. That's what I often say internally.

To say we have to play a certain way, or try to, every game is great in theory, but depending what players you have got you have to play to their strengths and cover up their weaknesses.

We have to talk about the players we have.

Teams do not make their debut in the first XI - individuals do - but it is the team that enables the individual to get the best out of himself. Football IQ, I call it, understanding roles and the team structure.

People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.

We're going to try to tailor our offense to our player's ability.

It's a mystery coming out each and every game to try and figure out how a team is going to guard me and how I'm going to dictate how my team wins.

Everyone's system in the NBA makes sense. It all comes down to the quality of player and the quality of execution.

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

Mascherano's impact as a leader is more important inside the squad, and Messi's leadership is more important in the pitch.

A lot of coaches might yank you after the first couple shots don't go in.

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

I have a lot of admiration for those who build tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good coach must do is build the team around the characteristics of his players.

When you're playing a good team, not too many point guards want to go one on one. When you're playing a not-so-good team, teams that are fighting to make the playoffs, guys are going to want to try and get their own. It's just a different read of each team.