Fernandinho Quotes

Pep has made me understand the game more: not just how I play but also how the team has to play, because I am just a component.

A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent learning about people.

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.

Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?

You have to have great players and great coaches working with you.

If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.

For me the relationship you have with the coach is very important.

Manager Kit Symons sees our players daily. As a top-flight player not that long ago, Kit knows and feels the game.

Mr Conte is important as a coach that is able to really implement a game plan.

It's difficult to play in a new formation and have everyone grasp it straight away.

I have a very English coaching philosophy.

I have been doing this for a long, and it is the players who learn who you need to work with. You have to coach them to think and understand the game. If they cannot, then you have to tell them, 'You have to do this anyway,' but the best thing to do is say, 'Listen, if he is doing this, then maybe you have to do that.'

If you give time and space to players, they will make good decisions and score goals.

Coach Gase is one of the guys.

Whenever I hear people crying about Kobe yelling at people in practice or wondering whether or not LeBron is best friends with his teammates, I just roll my eyes. You know how many off-court conversations I had with the Zen-Master Phil Jackson in my entire time with the Lakers? One.

It is up to the coaches to tell me how to play.

I just coach my team. I just focus on coaching my team.

It's not easy when you have a new manager because you have to try and adapt yourself to him, the team, training sessions, and the game.

All the managers in the world, it doesn't matter how good you are, if your players don't understand what you are looking for or what you want, it makes no sense.

It's a good thing to interact with a top goalkeeper who has so much experience in the Premier League.

I've always been a point guard, so being a coach on the floor, I've had to connect with every one of my teammates and find ways to motivate them, find ways to build them up.

I've just got better as a player thanks to Pep.

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.

The best coach I have ever worked with is certainly Jose Mourinho. He has an unparalleled passion.