Archie Manning Quotes

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.

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.

You have to approach it the same way with any quarterback. You're going to try to do the best for your guy.

In order to improve our side, we need players who can make the difference.

Young quarterbacks do well because they have a great defense.

If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.

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 his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.

The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intelligence about the game understands you must have consistency at that position to be a championship team.

Who is the ally of the coach? Who's going to write, 'Man, that was a well-coached game.' Players win, coaches lose.

I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships with a super-duper star like Kobe Bryant. Those championship teams with Michael Jordan certainly had a great, great player.

In this business, a lot of coaches are running around thinking they're the reason their teams are winning.

As coaches, you want to be able to put your players in a system that's conducive to their success.

I have been in many teams that have had loads of talent but did not make it through and been with teams that did not have that much talent and ended up being champions.

Losing the ball is not going to help your team, so I am trying to change that.

Phil Jackson was a brilliant basketball coach, not just because of the offense that he employed, but it was so many other things that went into it.

You have to have a lot of good players to win a championship.

For me there is so many factors in football, that's why it's the greatest team game. There are so many things that lead into having success, just like when you have a ton of success and when you have no success, it's not just you.

Arsenal is a team that needs good footballers and leaders on the field.

You can be the best coach in the world, but if you don't have the players, you cannot get results.

The key is having great players. But there are a lot of teams that have All-Stars and haven't been able to put it together.

You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.

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

I have a lot to learn about NASCAR. But I've learned if you have the right people in the right places doing the right things, you can be successful at whatever you do.

Any quarterback that understands what the offense is really about is going to succeed.