Antonio Conte Quotes

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

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

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

We have to talk about the players we have.

I think, as a coach, you've got to do what your players can do.

Every coach will have good and bad.

As a player, I've always been interested in understanding the coaches' minds, in seeing how they made a group function.

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.

Man-management is my biggest asset, to help the players enjoy themselves and be better than they already are.

Choosing a system is no longer enough, coaches have to be psychologists and motivational leaders too.

I think it's very important to have contact with the players that I will coach.

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.

Every coach is different, every coach has different playing styles, but no coach made me have a negative experience playing.

It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches.

You know, I think when you coach or you manage, you make decisions, and there's some that are really, really tough.

There is still a big onus to be coached. I understand the best teams don't need a huge amount of coaching, but that's when a coach should decide not to do coaching.

If you're a coach and your team doesn't win, at some point you've got to change the coach.

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

Increasingly, it becomes evident that managing a ball club is a psychiatrist's job. In a short series, the mental attitude of the combatants is everything.

As a player, you can be more spontaneous and instinctive, but now as a coach I have to find a psychological balance within the team.

It is important for the manager to find the right solution for your team.

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.

I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.

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.

I went into coaching never worrying about what I was coaching for other than trying to make sure that I can prepare my team, select my team, have an amazing staff around me.