Roberto Firmino Quotes

One of my strengths is connecting with the players.

I learn so much from Sean McVay every single day that I'm around him.

I'm very please to have Unai Emery as my coach. I'm convinced I'll be able to make progress under him by working hard, which is the most important thing for me.

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.

Good leaders need to be able to connect to all of those around them. This is especially true at Whole Foods, where we have a very team-oriented culture.

The thing is, don't get me wrong, I still love scoring and I hate to lose but now I see myself more as making players play better. Sometime you do what you have to do and you have to perform, that is still there, but in my mind I am thinking about making the guys around me play better and that is never an easy thing to do.

People want to see how we get teams to come together so quickly. They want to see how we get young guys to play so hard and so unselfish. I'm fine with that. I have no problem sharing that.

I'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

I think all you can worry is that you make the team the very best they can be.

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

Mourinho is a fantastic manager, intelligent, clever. He is OK.

As you develop relationships in your team you have to learn how your teammates react to being yelled at or how to put your arm around them and show them how to do things. You have to build those relationships up and understand who that person is and how they respond and choose your way to lead them to hopefully help everyone out.

What you've got to do in any coaching job, whether it is moving to Sweden as a young man - where being English gave you a slight advantage - or something else, you've got to win the players' respect.

I've had a lot of great coaches. I think Guus Hiddink and Vicente del Bosque are the ones closest to my style. I'm more friendly with the players than a 'formal' coach. I'm not a professor. I'm Roberto Carlos and I want to win with my players and I want them to help me by doing their job well.

Coach Knapp is a tremendous quarterbacks coach.

Coach Gase is one of the guys.

I feel good to work with Kumble bhai. He is a well-read person and a dedicated coach. I also like his aggressive approach to the game.

Ancelotti, for me, is a great person - a great manager.

I have my way of doing things, because I am that way, I try to raise my voice to motivate team-mates and make them aware that if they lose a ball it is not a problem, so I try to motivate my team-mates and to speak to them and, because I see the game from the back I see everything in front of me; communication on the field can help a lot.

The best thing you do as a coach is develop an environment where these guys can have some success. Vince Lombardi was that way. He cared about these guys not only as football players but also as men.

To become a good coach, it is important to be equipped with tactics and strategy. But first of all, you need to have strong leadership.

It's awesome for your coach to trust you and have confidence in you.

With Mourinho, I learned a lot.

Zidane has shown that he is more than a coach.

I worked under Jose Mourinho, a manager who taught me new things and stressed I should believe in myself.