David de Gea Quotes

I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently.

The coach is the first person who is under pressure but when a new manager comes you should give him time.

Sometimes a new coach can find it not easy.

You get a new coach; you do things a little differently.

It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings.

You're not going to become a great manager overnight. You're not going to become a great public speaker or figure out how to raise money. These are the things you want to start the clock on as early as possible.

You don't have to be popular with the players to be a good manager or coach.

Every player needs a little time to adjust to new teammates and the mentality of the coach when you change clubs.

People leave their manager; they don't leave companies.

I came in with the intention of serving as long as it made sense for me to do so. The election was a natural moment to think about whether I wanted to stay longer, and I'm thrilled to turn the reins over to my longtime colleague Elisse Walter.

Sometimes when you get on a new movie you kind of how to figure out the way other people work and it can be like being the new kid in high school where you're just trying to find out where your place is on the movie or on the set.

I've worked for some amazing leaders, and I've worked for the opposite, and that gave me the perspective of what I knew I never wanted to be, and the perspective of what had lasting, sustainable impact.

I think there's always an adjustment when somebody new is runnings things, from the top down.

Any time you have a change of leadership in an organization, everything kind of shifts.

When you are new and working with senior artists, it is their responsibility to make you comfortable.

When I was in the second unit, it just took me time to find my rhythm just playing with a lot of new guys. But once I got in the starting lineup, it kind of just opened up a little bit.

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.

When I was coach at Ajax, in the first half of the season, the players needed time to adapt to me, to know who I am as a person and as a coach.

I wouldn't undervalue my year under Pep Guardiola because I think I made a big step forward in that year.

I think any time there's a change in leadership there's a different personality, there's a different style involved with it, different demeanor.

A rookie coach must be supported by a very strong structure and not get burned.

That is what it is like with Pep. At first, you don't understand. But then you grow up, you work, and now we understand the things he wants much better. It's not like the first season when it took him more time to make us understand his ideas. Some players didn't understand immediately what he wanted.

It's not easy when you have a new manager because you have to try and adapt yourself to him, the team, training sessions, and the game.

It takes time to settle in and learn a new formation and style of play.

But you grow more knowledgeable during the time you play in the Premier League. Every new manager, new chapter, has been a learning curve.