Claudio Reyna Quotes

I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.

I find young kids. I enjoy coaching and enjoy making them better players.

You hear all the time about European players playing the game. These players that come over at 17, 18 and 19, they just don't all of a sudden become skilled. From the time they were little fellas, they learned the fundamentals of the game. Let them create.

I think I started toddler gymnastics when I was around 3 or 4, and I began taking it seriously when I was 6.

That's the same in college. It's the same in high school. Kids are getting bigger, stronger, faster, more into the weightlifting, more into nutrition, more into size.

I thought doubles was a good way for me to practice and get some reps in - I didn't like to train in the gym as much as players these days.

We have to change the way we coach kids in the long-term so that by the time they hit 16, they are better than the Spanish, French, and German players. That is the big challenge, but the No. 1 criteria for me has always been how you are technically judged, from the age of eight, not size or power.

Lindor is a good player. When I was 20, I wasn't conditioned like he is.

The problem in Sweden is that, when the players are younger, they are not allowed to develop their own style and skills.

I think that's vitally important, that we get players playing at a younger age group.

I've trained with some top players at Chelsea, but sometimes training is not enough.

In the U.S. system, too often the best player on an under-17 team will be treated like a 'star' - not having to work for the ball, being the focus of the offense at all times, etc. - at a time when they should be having to fight tooth and nail for their spot.

Teach players the game at an early age and stop treating them like cash cows for everyone to profit off of.

We care about how many players you develop rather than how many trophies you win.

Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of these innovations.

My bench never heard me mention winning. My whole emphasis was for each one of my players to try to learn to execute the fundamentals to the best of their ability. Not to try to be better than somebody else, but to learn from others, and never cease trying to be the best they could be; that's what I emphasized more than anything else.

It's about how the players play and compete. I know everybody is going to equate that on winning or losing, like they always do, but if we play hard and compete well in the game .. then I think we are building on something.

When I look back on when I grew up, not even football players lifted weights. That was back 50 years ago.

I think the fitness of players is the key to success. I believe that there should be no place of unfit players in the team because the fit players also start becoming lazy seeing their routine. Having teamwork capabilities is also very important as there comes a lot of times where you have to think beyond your own interest to upkeep the national interest.

An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger. They all say they can, but the people who do the drafting don't talk to agents. They talk to coaches, they watch film, they talk to the people who've worked with players. They don't talk to agents.

The highest level of achievement is attained by the teams with the best conditioned players

I suppose you could never say never, but my experience would tell me that the most successful players in the world are gonna come from an environment that is more competitive at an early age.

Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.

When you want to be a good player in next years worldcup you wanna be in good shape to appear strong at the tournament.

You mean guys don't get injured in spring training? Guys get hurt walking down the street. All the managers, pitching coaches are very sensitive. Look, you can always pick at something, but there's a broader picture, a grander picture.