Brendan Rodgers Quotes

Guardiola can get the best out of everyone and that's why he is what he is.

Any football club that is any good is down to the manager more than anything else.

Neil Lennon was a great manager; he really got your team in the mood and wanting to play for him.

As a player, when things are going against you, you look to the captain to inject some energy but I don't see any of that from Amla.

The best thing you do as a coach is develop an environment where these guys can have some success. Vince Lombardi was that way. He cared about these guys not only as football players but also as men.

Klopp knows how to motivate players. He speaks to them individually, gets their confidence up, makes them believe and grow in quality. He makes his players feel happy. And they then take that happiness onto the field. He builds that into them.

I know myself that when there is a manager who knows how to get the best out of you then it's different - and that's why I chose Villa. I wanted to work with Steve Bruce again.

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.

I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

People like to work for a winner.

He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.

The biggest thing is no matter what level I've played at, there is something I can bring to them.

I've had good players in my time. I really have.

I'm so grateful to Ferguson. I think he's the best there's ever been, especially his squad management skills.

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

I only worked with Rafa Benitez for a short time, but he's a great manager, and he showed it from the first moment he came. He worked with the players and made us a better team. He's a good person, always trying to help players out.

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

Phil Jackson is a role model, and basically a coaching idol of mine. He's someone I really tried to model some of my coaching philosophies after.

Pellegrini gave me back the joy of playing football. He is like Arsene Wenger: someone who likes to joke, someone who likes to talk and take an interest in your life.

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.

Man-management is my biggest asset, to help the players enjoy themselves and be better than they already are.

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.

It's very special to be the coach of the best player in the world.