Glenn Hoddle Quotes

I experienced how Pep Guardiola worked every day. He had football on his mind round the clock: 'What system does the opponent like to play? How do I want to set up my team, who do I want in which position?'

I know Roy Hodgson very well; he rarely changes tactically.

What I liked of Mourinho is his work ethic and the way he organizes his team against the opponent. He knows the strength and weakness of the opponent, and he will give the details for what he wants. And for me, that was impressive.

Pep is a super coach! He is excellent. He is the best at analysing an opponent and the concept of a game. I don't know what impact he had on German football, but he left a mark on all of us at Bayern because of how he analysed and educated the players in each position and the way he taught us to play.

A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team.

When it comes down to it, it's about putting the players on the field that will be the best 11.

It's up to the coach to decide who is in the best shape to play each match.

In Italy, the coaches are very attentive to the details. They really study things, and that is a big difference here. They look at your movement, your positioning. They study you and work out how to stop you.

When we talk about Arsene Wenger, I like the fact that he focuses 80 percent about the style of play he wants for his team and not taking so much consideration into the other team.

If you are not playing a player, any player, for two, three, four games, then you don't have to give a reason for that. But if it gets to eight or nine games, then you have to explain the situation. What's going on?

Managers now don't just use 11 players; they have to care about all the squad of 25 or more players.

I learned a lot from Arsene Wenger, especially his tactical systems and how to plan things game to game, week to week and month to month.

I consider that part of my job as a pro: to know who you're up against and how the attacking players play, what kind of characteristics they have, their qualities, how they move, their preferred foot.

What football means to an Italian coach is tactics, trying to control the game by following the ideas and systems of the manager.

The coach can only choose 11 players to start. It is a difficult decision.

I always play players who are fit - even if it means playing out of position.

I think what Brendan Rodgers did was right; I thought it was successful. He was able to show that he was able to change several players, prove to everybody in the team that no-one's guaranteed a spot, rest a lot of key players, and at the same time walk away with a very reputable result.

There's always a mix of generations in the national team. You have to bring the best players you think will help you win matches.

I always fielded the team that I felt had the greatest chances of success.

We make adjustments and changes before and sometimes also during the games in order adapt to the opposition. The manager will, for example, tell the striker to make different runs or position the central midfielders slightly differently in relation to each other.

Looking at the team sheets, you're never quite sure one weekend to the next who's going to be in a team and who isn't.

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.

For somebody as successful in the Ryder Cup as I am, I don't think it's smart to sit me twice.

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

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