Essam El Hadary Quotes

A lot of guys, especially the young guys, I try to do anything I can for them - on the field, off the field, anything.

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

I love being around my teammates, and I love leading and having responsibility.

I've always tried to help younger players and to talk with everyone.

Mesut's been talking to me and really helping me through the games.

I love the bonds you get to build with your teammates, your brothers.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart.

I won't miss coaching. What you miss is that camaraderie with those boys and the other coaches. You miss that.

I look up to people that are much older than me, so being a mentor is a full time job.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Most of my job and most of what I do is to mentor people. There are a lot of people I work with that I don't have investments in.

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

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

Bill Macy is the most incredible, humble, and hungry human being, and that is the captain of our ship. He is phenomenal. We still laugh together, and we still talk and text and check on each other.

I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.

Leadership is not about you; it's about investing in the growth of others.

You want to play for a guy who's going to be there for you. He's going to lead you. He's going to inspire you. Someone that the guys in the locker room can really rally around.

I am there for the athletes I coach.

He helped my career, helped me basketball-wise and every other way. I'm a big fan of Thibs.

I'm very grateful for Scott Hall's willingness to take me under his wing and help me.

I can remember having meetings with my coaches when things were going bad. I told them, 'Hey, we've got to be positive. This is the time we need to step up. You've got to make sure they know everything is going to be okay. Keep teaching. Once they see you are down, you lose them and that can't happen.'

Basketball is about relationships. The bond that you create by playing together, going through battles together. The trust that you build goes a long way. It goes beyond the game of basketball.

I wasn't ever really friends with Garbrandt. We weren't really that close. But guys like Justin Buchholz, the head coach, he was always in my corner. Danny Castillo. Guys like that.