Josh McDaniels Quotes

I think what we've tried to preach to our players is we're going to let the best players play.

It's up to the coach to decide who is in the best shape to play each match.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

Scouting is important. You just want to know whom you are playing against and how to play them well within the team's defense.

I always play players who are fit - even if it means playing out of position.

In this league you might have a quarterback within your division that you're worried about running all over the place, the next week it's a running back, so to be able to have multiple answers for every situation is probably a benefit for everybody.

To say we have to play a certain way, or try to, every game is great in theory, but depending what players you have got you have to play to their strengths and cover up their weaknesses.

Good decisions are not necessarily playing it short every time you get the ball. The best teams can play longer or have a threat behind or play through or around. They adapt.

Everybody in the league has someone up in the box, or guys on the sidelines trying to steal calls. It's just like baseball. If you've got guys who can do, you do it.

I've always believed if a young guy has a chance to play, why would you explain where his weakness is? The only reason would be to help the other team, or to help a gambler.

Every matchup is very important regardless of who the bigs are, who the guards are.

If you are not playing a player, any player, for two, three, four games, then you don't have to give a reason for that. But if it gets to eight or nine games, then you have to explain the situation. What's going on?

What I liked of Mourinho is his work ethic and the way he organizes his team against the opponent. He knows the strength and weakness of the opponent, and he will give the details for what he wants. And for me, that was impressive.

During the regular season, you don't have the sort of time you do in the playoffs to prepare for people, so you've got to go to your strengths.

You always want all good players at your team.

Players at the highest level have got high football intelligence, so they can adapt, but at the same time you need a structure and an idea of how you've got to play that system.

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

I play the way it's most effective for the team. They used to say I hit the ball too many times.

You don't want your opponent to score. You don't want your guy to score and once you get better at it, you get used to it, it becomes a mindset. You just try to do it every game.

Defense, for me, is where I really love to put work in most. Defense is, in my mind, what wins games.

If you can keep getting better, we can set ourselves better standards every game.

It's a difficult thing in this league to match up, to line up and play one-on-one football.

Versatility is very important in the modern game.

I think what Brendan Rodgers did was right; I thought it was successful. He was able to show that he was able to change several players, prove to everybody in the team that no-one's guaranteed a spot, rest a lot of key players, and at the same time walk away with a very reputable result.

A player always comes on to the pitch to give their best, and I cannot be criticized for my commitment, only for my performances.