Ernesto Valverde Quotes

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.

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

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

A coach coaches. That's what he does. That's what he's good at. He's not managing people. He manages his players, but that's different.

You have to be able to do everything as a quarterback, and that's not necessarily taking care of your job but making sure you're preparing everyone else to go out and play well. And make sure you have them in the right mindset when they step on the field.

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.

When I was coaching, I was out there, and you're doing press conferences, and the fans see a lot more of the head coach than they do either the general manager or the president.

You've got to coach with what you have and who's available.

To lead a group of players is to lead a group of people with different ways of thinking. You have to be prepared for that and know more than just about football. You have to speak a lot to the players, have to make them feel what you expect of them. Have to convince them. Therefore, it's very important for a coach to have a life outside football.

I'd be lying if I said I never had any issues with players but at some point you have to stamp your authority because if you're good at taking free-kicks, for example, they should let you take them.

There's going to be situations that you get into that you're going to need help, for sure. But for the most part, I think coaching is just understanding who you have and your team, understanding yourself, and understanding the situation.

It's hard to be the point guard, especially playing with a young team.

A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.

It's about what the players are doing. My job is facilitate that. My job is to put them in positions to succeed. My job is to listen to their ideas, take them if they're good, quietly push them to the side if they're not. My job is to help them grow.

I know how to get the best out of the players.

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

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

You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.

My job is to give my team a chance to win.

You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.

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

A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.

The thing I'm most focused on today is, how am I maximizing the effectiveness of the leadership team, and what am I doing to nurture it?

As a player, I could have the ball in my hands; I could kind of dictate what happens. I'm still learning, a young coach with young players. Sometimes I'm going to see things. They're not going to see what I see. So it's being able to translate that and help them see what I'm seeing.

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