Sourav Ganguly Quotes

I think the hardest part, and where we have to stay the most disciplined, as much as you want a player, you can't invent him if he doesn't exist.

I don't really like the business side of football, but I just like adding good players to our football team.

Once you identify positional needs, then I think, then, what you do is, you be very selective on how you go about acquiring those players. You have to look at the resources available on how to acquire those players, and then, if you can, go acquire those assets that can best help this team get over the hump.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

There are certain guys you just take from different teams that you watch.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.

A winning model would mean trying to get the best possible players that you can, at whatever age they are; it doesn't matter.

Sometimes it takes a few years to land that special player.

You buy the right players for the system that you believe will be successful.

We try to recruit good players and good people.

My job, when it comes to free agency, trades, is not to pick players, but support the personnel department and the coaching staff. We have to have the financial resources to make things happen and that's my job.

People say the most important thing is building a world-class team.

The most important thing is that you hire people who complement you and are better than you in specific areas. Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players.

General managers - I like to talk about the 'golden gut': general managers that not only can have a sense for the players that are going to perform beyond what people expect and get team chemistry right, but they also have to be able to make trades.

You don't sign a player for the sake of it.

It's hard to change a roster around. You've got to hit your draft picks right, you've gotta hit free agency right, and a team's got to fit together.

You can look at stats as much as you want - and we do - but you can have too much of it. You can spend too much time looking at computers rather than looking at the real thing which is out there on the pitch. I still think that being a good judge of players is the most important thing.

We as a club should be aspiring to have the best players playing for us. We've had that in the past. We're in for players if the manager wants to be.

When you're a general manager, you don't get to see every single player, so you have to rely on your scouts.

It is possible to sign many great players, but you cannot buy a team.

I think the most important thing is not only do you want to build a roster, but you also want to establish a culture within any given organization.

Any time you get a chance to acquire a really good football player, I'm all about that.

Like any year, any year with any team, you're always going to look to the draft to help strengthen your roster and free agency.

Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.