Jimmy Hill Quotes

If people feel 4-4-2 is the way forward in international football, they'll have to wait until I'm out of a job.

Historically, Jose Mourinho is not a manager who chops and changes his team and he's not big on rotation.

No one would ever take Messi out of a match if the teams are evenly matched. But it can be done in matches where we take a big lead. This way, he can preserve his fitness.

Let's face it, when you're a striker and the coach is playing you at left-back you know your time is up.

Messi never wants to be subbed off, but it's my task to take care of him.

Carlo Ancelotti wanted me in Madrid and had bet on me.

As soon as Jose Mourinho was given the job, I knew that he was the right man for Manchester United.

When you bring one of your top scorers, your top players off the bench, it really gives your team balance.

I must have just dreamed that about Liverpool playing 3-4-3. What do people think that was, a bit of luck? A British coach playing 3-4-3? A foreign coach doing that would be a tactical genius. I imagine people think I fell into that system through a stroke of luck or something... it took some thought. I didn't just throw them out there.

Coaching was always intriguing to me as a kid. Watching 'Monday Night Football' with my dad and hearing him talk through the game management and watching the Tom Landrys and Don Shulas on the sideline was more intriguing to me than watching Troy Aikman or Dan Marino throw the ball.

I want to play every single player, but I can only play 11 at a time.

You better not kick a field goal if you have a lousy defense.

The rotation system at Bayern makes it nearly impossible to play week after week, even when you're putting in some top performances.

I'm very fortunate to have worked at two unbelievable clubs, Manchester City and Barcelona, and I feel like I've really changed the way I look at football from being around and in those environments, so I feel really privileged.

I would say Pep Guardiola's No. 1 quality is that he sees the technical and tactical aspect of a game really fast.

Frank de Boer definitely showed in the Netherlands that he's a good coach.

Why shouldn't Harry Kane take corners? If he happens to be the best striker of a ball in the team and gives you the best delivery, why shouldn't he do it?

Rotation should be natural and changes should be made only when there are injuries and suspensions.

I'd been coaching since the end of my playing career, first with England's Under 21s, then Manchester United, and finally, in Spain with Valencia.

We're trying to win football games, and whoever we feel like gives us the best chance is who's going to play behind center.

The coach is the one who eventually decides who makes the starting XI.

People know who Carlo Ancelotti is. He's a man with a lot of experience.

It is never a problem to have good players on the bench.

Spain started to generate a very good playing style from Pep Guardiola's arrival at Barcelona.

Anyone who wants to be a centre-half would have to say that John Terry is a role model. Every centre-half in the game would agree with that. It is the way he leads the team and the way he reads the game.