Franck Ribery Quotes

I have grown a lot as a player and I have to thank Conte for helping in my development.

I learned a lot at Chelsea partly down to the players I played alongside.

I think the coaches have to play a big role in the players' development.

I have grown a lot under Ancelotti. He got the best out of me.

This whole thing's about development. Not only are we trying to develop players, we're trying to develop ourselves.

You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player.

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.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

Whatever happens happens, but learning from the players at Chelsea is a great experience.

I believe that I've improved a lot as a player and a person, because being surrounded by great players on a daily basis helps your development out on the pitch.

When I left City I was still young and there was a lot for me to learn in all parts of my game. To come back and have learned something at a place like Chelsea is down partly to the kind of players I played alongside.

Working under Pep Guardiola, a chance like that doesn't come along too often. That's no disrespect to Mauricio Pochettino, but the people that Pep has worked with grow as players.

What I'm worried about is our team and our players developing and getting better. That's the most important thing.

I know myself that when there is a manager who knows how to get the best out of you then it's different - and that's why I chose Villa. I wanted to work with Steve Bruce again.

Well, I've learned a lot from Bill Belichick. I've said time and time again, before I got to New England, I thought I knew a lot about football. But I think he taught me a lot from A to Z. I still carry it to this day.

How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.

The whole thing is develop players, develop them as people, develop teams.

If I can understand them better as a person then I can understand how to make them a better player too.

I'm by no means an expert at coaching high school football. I'm doing the best I can in Year 1. But I've already learned a lot of lessons and I imagine I'll keep learning them.

I love watching players improve - even as a Little League coach.

If someone works with me, I try to take them to the next level.

When I met Mourinho, I was still very young, but mentally and tactically, he worked on me. He was really demanding: you could not take a step below your level.

I've always enjoyed the coaching side, working with young players, trying to improve them and to make them not only see football different but to see life differently.

Louis Van Gaal is a great coach. He has inspired a lot of players to give their best, shown them how to play.

Three years under Saban changed me. He's the best coach in the world at what he does.