Willian Quotes

My previous bosses - Louis van Gaal and Marcello Lippi, to name two - have all taught me something.

To me, personally, my development to become a head coach will be much better working for Coach Saban than necessarily going somewhere else because you learn every day that you're in there.

I learn so much from Sean McVay every single day that I'm around him.

I had many good managers: Wim Jansen, Martin O'Neill, Frank Rijkaard, and Alex Ferguson, to name just a few.

My goal early in becoming a head coach so young was to find out if I could do it. I just wanted to see if I could be a good head coach and then start learning from head coaching.

With Mourinho, I learned a lot.

The two managers I worked under longest are Gerard Houllier and Rafa Benitez. I have so much respect for the two of them.

I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.

Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs.

I'm not desperate but I know that some day I'll be the coach again of some team.

You're always growing as a coach, and I am not done growing, and hopefully I'm not done winning.

We could all use more coaching.

I'm so grateful to Ferguson. I think he's the best there's ever been, especially his squad management skills.

I'm interested in coaching.

I only worked with Rafa Benitez for a short time, but he's a great manager, and he showed it from the first moment he came. He worked with the players and made us a better team. He's a good person, always trying to help players out.

Every new coach is interesting.

Coaching was something I've never had much interest in. I've always been a big-picture guy, like a manager has to be.

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

Mourinho is a fantastic manager, intelligent, clever. He is OK.

Van Gaal is the kind of guy who can really make individual players better.

There's no shortcut to being a manager or coach.

Professor Tite has played a big role in the Selecao's ascent. He's a brilliant coach, with a unique way of working, but he's also a marvellous person. He makes everyone feel at ease.

I needed to learn to be a coach initially. I think if I'd gone into professional football when I stopped playing when I was 30 years old I'd have failed because I'd have made too many mistakes because I had no real idea at that time.

Arsene Wenger is a good coach. He has authority, and straight away, I can see he helps players with small things to make them better.

I hardly had any coaching until I joined Birmingham where I had Dave Watson for five years. He's one of the best and I knew how important that was for me.