Tom Herman Quotes

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

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.

The key is having great players. But there are a lot of teams that have All-Stars and haven't been able to put it together.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.

I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.

The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.

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

A point guard can carry a team - if he has all the right stuff.

I was just taught, the team goes how the point guard goes.

I have been very fortunate to coach a lot of very good secondary players through the years.

Phil Jackson was a brilliant basketball coach, not just because of the offense that he employed, but it was so many other things that went into it.

When I left college ball, I think I was prepared to coach a team, but I don't think I was prepared to help the team win.

It's all about the qualities of the players. The better the players, the easier it is for the manager.

You always want all good players at your team.

A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.

There are many players with talent, but it is important to find a coach who knows how to make the most of that.

I love Coach K's passion to coach his players and to coach the game. I examined and watched the interaction between him and his staff, along with the players, and was impressed how hard they played.

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.

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

You can be the best coach in the world, but if you don't have the players, you cannot get results.

I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.