Mauricio Pochettino Quotes

I think my task is to work with my players, to improve my team. This is my task.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.

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

The better you can prepare your players and the more you can put their minds to it is really important.

I'm a good listener, and I take into consideration everything people tell me, but at the same time, I believe my eyes as well as the experience I had as a player. So players who underperform? There has to be a reason why... my job is for them to perform.

My job is to improve the performance of the team game by game.

Some players are more fortunate than others to have coaches who are more focused on improvement.

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

When I first came to England to play I saw coaches having a go at players when they made mistakes and they would literally be talking them through the game.

It is my job to work with the players we have and try to improve them as a team and move the country forward.

I work every year with my players towards improving ourselves and growing in terms of the way we play. The psychological aspect and the management of human resources are also very important.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.

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

It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting the child in an organized activity - and Bill alluded to this - so the child can find what they truly like to do and let them go.

Really, throughout my career, what I've done is taken teams with bad records and with every situation I've made them better.

I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.

Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.

I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching.

A coach coaches. That's what he does. That's what he's good at. He's not managing people. He manages his players, but that's different.

When you start the game, coaches will tell you to do stuff in a particular way, and kids do that. But the moment you start first-class cricket, the coach needs to tell you, 'Try this, try that,' instead of, 'Do this, do that.' If you feel comfortable, you can take it; otherwise, leave it.

I know that not everybody gets to coach an NFL team, and I want to do that as well as I can all the time. That's my motivation. I want to help my players to be as good as they can be.

We must condition the players. They need to get into the right frame of mind in the hours leading up the game.

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.

People talk about flip charts, tactic boards and other rubbish like that. But the truth is that as a manager you just need to get the best out of the players at your disposal.