Walter Alston Quotes

The president is just the coach of a football team. You need the right support, the right stadium, the right players, the right staff. An excellent coach is not going to win games.

As a manager you're going to put out the player you think is going to best help you win the game.

All the managers in the world are here to win games.

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.

You can't win unless you have good people with great attitude. They are the ones who won the games. I didn't win any games. You never saw a coach make a tackle anywhere. My philosophy was to get the best players and then try to do something new with them.

I think anybody confusing a system with a reason for success is making a huge mistake. Systems don't win games. Players do.

Every manager deserves a part of whatever success you have. They build squads, and particularly at this football club they build the style of play.

You have guys that are all over the field that are making a lot of plays, you'll win a lot of games in the NFL.

A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.

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

It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak.

I'd like to think that every captain around the world has a vision of how they want their teams to play and most of them are allowed to take their teams forward in their own way.

It's a unique situation to have, but again they say sometimes talent doesn't win. It has to be brought together right. That's the coaching's job. That's what we're doing.

'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

You have to have great players and great coaches working with you.

I always felt if you were going to be successful, make sure you get good people. You win with great players. Coaches don't win games. Players win games.

Every week, as a staff, you put a plan together and put your players in position to make plays.

The manager picks the team and the team has got to go out and do its best.

I have to put people in the right spot so that if they execute, we win.

It starts with me. I have to get the team in the right play and throw the ball where it's supposed to go.

The manager wants to show his tactics, and if I do them perfectly, he'll pick me.

There are a lot of good coaches in this league, and there are a lot of good coaches out there.

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

I think, in international cricket, your management is about motivating players.

I've never been a numbers guy. Numbers don't excite me. Winning games excites me.