David Moyes Quotes

There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.

Every coach has his own ideas about managing the team and how it plays.

We have to talk about the players we have.

Every manager has his own idea of playing and his own idea of the training, and everyone has a different personality.

I have a lot of admiration for those who build tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good coach must do is build the team around the characteristics of his players.

I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.

As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.

When I was coach at Ajax, in the first half of the season, the players needed time to adapt to me, to know who I am as a person and as a coach.

You get different philosophies in coaching, usually depending on what position the coach himself played.

You buy the right players for the system that you believe will be successful.

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

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

The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments.

The head coach is the chemist.

I think it's pretty unique to see a coach adjust to the talent he has and maximize the abilities of players he has and help them keep growing.

When I went to the Dolphins, we retained most of their coaching staff, and of course, we had a few veteran players. So, I just tried to add a few pieces here and there.

Regarding my coaching philosophy, I think it is important to adapt to the team/players and the culture in the country where you are coaching, but to keep possession is a key issue wherever you are.

Roy Hodgson is a very good manager with a clear plan.

The Rockets have a philosophy of what they think their coach should be.

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.

As a coach you're able to have better relationships with the players because you're not picking the team.

My idea is to know every player and to know, also, the personality of the players.

When we talk about Arsene Wenger, I like the fact that he focuses 80 percent about the style of play he wants for his team and not taking so much consideration into the other team.

People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.

It's important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player's strength and their weakness.