Frank Lampard Quotes

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

People seem to expect when that happens, for players to be brought in that are so much better than the ones that have left. In the end they might be better but in the beginning they might be worse. Because they all have to gel and get to know each other and get to know you.

When you change 10 out of 22 outfield players, you need time and hard work.

The greatest players fit with the team. They play within the team's style, rather than asking the team to change its style.

I've turned down a lot of trades where I might have gotten a better player, but I wasn't totally sure of the chemistry of that new player coming in. Even though he might possess golden ability, his personality and the way he gets along with teammates might be things you just don't want to cope with.

It's all right buying all these good players but they've got to gel, and that takes time.

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.

Obviously, getting traded halfway through the year is always tough. New faces, new teammates, guys you played against but don't know on a personal level.

When you bring a lot of new players in, that is the hardest thing, getting everyone playing together.

Of course, in the beginning it's always difficult. It's a new country, new teammates, so you need to find the relationship with all the players. Obviously it takes time.

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

When you come in with the national team, there's an adjustment period. Sometimes you don't have time to adjust.

Sometimes a new coach can find it not easy.

When a new coach comes to a new club with new ways, new ideas, the players have to adapt.

Basketball is a great mystery. You can do everything right. You can have the perfect mix of talent and the best system of offense in the game. You can devise a foolproof defensive strategy and prepare your players for every possible eventuality. But if the players don’t have a sense of oneness as a group, your efforts won’t pay off. And the bond that unites a team can be so fragile, so elusive.

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.

Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.

To have a successful team, you have to have great players of course - but you have to have good personalities and good people as well.

First year in the league, it's going to be difficult.

When I arrived at Chelsea, I had got used to playing 50 games, and suddenly, I was sharing my position with another player.

Every player settles into a new league in different ways.

When the team's not playing well offensively, it's always a problem for me because I'm not an individualistic player.

It's easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that's the hard part.

I think the only thing that matters is you win as a team and you lose as a team. And so the team needs to understand that no one player is bigger than any other player. Everybody has a role... Every single role is important.