Hugo Lloris Quotes

This is football, so you need to be clever to understand the moment and win games.

My job as a coach is to make good decisions. It's not to go out there and block or tackle.

If you trust in an idea of football, and you trust in the team, it's important to have a squad with good balance.

The Rockets have a philosophy of what they think their coach should be.

For me, as a coach, it is important to put together a team that not only blends but finds the right balance between defence and offence.

When you train a massive club or little third division outfit, when you go out to play football in any situation, it is always about winning.

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.

I always play football in my team, and I know that if you play too much long ball, then it's difficult.

The No. 1 thing is you want to be able to win the game, and we're going to do whatever we have to do to win the game.

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

People get the impression that we approach football without method: that we're a bunch of skilled individualists. This just isn't so. I'm all for individuality. But I personally go through every tactical plan before every match.

When you get into the game you've got be thinking, when I get into the attacking third I'm gonna be freakin' creative.

Every week, as a staff, you put a plan together and put your players in position to make plays.

It always helps to play every game at the back with the same players. You get a good understanding of each other and how one of you works, and what positions to take up.

My concentration with players is the next match, focus only to work for the next match and how we can win.

You've probably heard from 100 different people that the Patriots are a game plan offense. Here's what that means: We're going to watch the defense specifically to identify their tendencies, what they do situationally and what their philosophy is.

When you know how the coach ticks and how he wants to play football, it makes the decision easier. But for the main part, I came to England because of the club Manchester United.

I'm not too worried about points and all that stuff. It's about making the right play.

Pep and his staff work very hard, not just on the training pitch but also with the analysis of opponents, and now, of course, we understand more how he wants to play.

Jose Mourinho is a great coach. I would really like to work with him, and I once came close. He knows what weapons to use against teams, and he has won everything.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

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.

People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.

You can play perfect football, lots of one-touch stuff, and you lose. But that's not what you want, you want to win.

In Rome, I was already trying to help in shaping the game, but the style was a little bit different to what we do at Liverpool.