Morgan Wootten Quotes

I talk to the players, either individually or as a group, what I'm feeling, and I think the players appreciate that. And I think they respond to that.

I always get saddled as a player's coach, and I'm happy about that.

If I can make one generalised statement, and generalised statements are never entirely true, nobody wants to be talked down to, kids included.

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open.

I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedback, I wanted communication from the boss. I showed up for work, you can yell at me if you want, but I want input. So that's the kind of coach I want to be.

The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.

I don’t allow my staff to criticize each other…. Evan Rosalyn … She knows that nothing can make me madder then for her to criticize staff.

I am more open than other coaches with all of my players.

People love to take sides, but it's not effective. It's not really an effective way of communicating something, because you're either already part of the side or you're going to feel attacked and get defensive.

I've never been a break-you-down, one-on-one guy.

When the players go home, I can't tell them what to do, so you need to create an atmosphere of trust. I don't want to think, 'What are they doing now? Do I need to call them?'

Like Koeman, Klopp knows exactly how to get the best out of me - by being critical. When the media are hyping me and being very positive, he will downplay the praise and all that - often with a wink.

Personally, I would never criticise a player in public.

I speak to my players when I deem it necessary, but they are private conversations.

My first thing with every club I have worked in is to get a personal relationship with the players and then build a professional one.

Pellegrini gave me back the joy of playing football. He is like Arsene Wenger: someone who likes to joke, someone who likes to talk and take an interest in your life.

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

With Zidane he had a lot of relationships with the players, a father-son relationship. Like a friend. Solari does the same, he is being fair to everyone.

Let me say that I would never talk about anyone's child in a negative way.

Coming back to Tottenham, you feel confident with these players and the manager - the way he talks to you and wants you to play.

I'm not necessarily the guy that's going to get in your face and scream at you or anything like that. I'll say what I need to, but I like my actions to show what I'm about.

You're always loath to take a player off of his ability.

The communication within Sinsaenum is really, really cool. As extreme as the music is, you might not realize how much we respect each other and how much we coach each other and how well we communicate.

If you're in a good relationship, you should be able to say to your girlfriend, 'That girl walking down the street is great.'