David Moyes Quotes

There was a rule at Rangers, going back to the 1950s, that players needed to turn up for every training session dressed in a suit and tie. I was a teenager. You'd have been lucky to see me in a jacket even on a Sunday - it just wasn't my style.

The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.

I'm not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can't afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game.

Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness.

I grew up in an upper-middle-class town with a population around 12,000. My high school held around a thousand kids. All smart. We had a strict dress code. If you wore blue jeans to school, they sent you home.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.

There were times when I'd bench players for their lack of effort. We worked very hard on fundamentals, which was the Dodger way. We needed to be more aggressive.

I wear the uniform I wear to provide options when asked.

All my best players have been really good guys, which means I can coach them.

The way we score is complicated. The rules are strict. The goal on the court is to show nothing, and then when you show something you are a bad person. Getting angry is not allowed. The show that you see on TV is not exciting, like the NFL or NBA, because you are seeing robots.

There's a lot of talented guys, but there's not a lot of guys that play the game that right way.

No one has ever bitten me, and I've never bitten anyone on the court.

I want to teach the young people the way I see football. The way I eat, the way I am in training.

I see it every week - parents shouting and screaming at kids. My dad was the same. He was always there, but he never interfered. Ron Greenwood, who was the manager of West Ham when I was a kid, wouldn't allow any parent to shout from the touchline. He thought players should be allowed to think for themselves.

I don't believe footballers have to live like monks.

Through county cricket all the way up to international cricket, the individual needs to be responsible for his behaviour.

Some sports give a lot of emotions because you know the people well, not personally but they express their passion and their emotion on the field so you have an attraction. In tennis, because of this code of conduct that is extremely strict, players do not show their personality.

I think, as a coach, you have to be willing to do what's best for the player. And you say what's best for the player: is it better to give him a game suspension, three-game suspension, no suspension. I think each case may be different in that.

We need more coaches like Eugene Bareman in this sport.

I don't know, at times I run a bit too far onto the pitch. But that's only in exceptional circumstances, and Jurgen does it too when a goal is scored!

If you're an L.C.N. guy, you don't have facial hair and you don't have long hair. You have to be neat all the time. It's the rule.

I stand up all four quarters even when I'm not playing.

I am not going to tolerate players turning up unfit. They are professional athletes representing a country.