Mickey Arthur Quotes

As head coach, I try to give clear role clarity, instil structure and create an environment in which players can excel.

I always want and expect more from players; they need challenging.

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

Arsene knows what he wants and knows how to get the best out of you - that is why he gets such an impressive response from his players.

I have a very English coaching philosophy.

Sometimes I was wrong about my players. Sometimes I want more and more from them; sometimes I am so demanding, but they showed me how good they are.

My leadership mentality is to outwork everybody else around me, and hopefully the guys respond well to that and work harder for themselves.

Coaches often sting me to get the best of me. I am used to it.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.

You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.

Most of us are not pure self-starters; most people need role models, they need coaches, they need exemplars, they maybe need some discipline or some rewards. We need to be motivated.

Coach Morris wasn't too hard on me, not at all. Being drafted where I was at, there were high expectations for me. I still have high expectations for myself.

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.

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.

If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around.

Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.

Coach OB is fun to play for. He's very tough on you. He wants you to be successful.

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

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

Daniel Farke is so good, a man-manager - he is calm but he can shout if he thinks I'm not working.

The most important thing is that you can make tough decisions, discipline people when you need to, but also create a spirit to get the ultimate thing you're aiming for, which is winning enough games.

I think that when I start a season, I speak with my players, and I always talk about education and respect. And I demand this, but I give this.

When you work, you know you can have some problem with the players. This is normal because the manager wants the players to work hard, play well, and the players should understand this.

What I like about Scolari is his personality. He is a firm guy in his words - if you are not playing well, you'll be benched, but if you are benched and training well, then you will get your opportunity.

Missing a game or getting a little bit of a bump up or getting a scolding once in a while puts everybody in their right place.