Bob McNair Quotes

Everything was professional at United. They really take care of their players.

Every game, I have to make the best decision. I repeat: my players must be happy to stay in Chelsea and to play for Chelsea and to play for our fans. They must be happy if they start the game or if they stay on the bench and come on.

I back all of my players, not only Wayne Rooney.

Am I too loyal to my players? I could be, could be.

We want to make the Cleveland Cavaliers a perennial champion and contender. We want people to be part of the franchise for long periods of time if they fit our culture, no matter who they are, whether it's LeBron or anybody that contributes.

I think that my team is more important than me.

It's the same for any team... you have to keep your best players.

As a coach, you've got to do what's best for the team. If guys don't like it, they're going to leave. If they stay and don't like it, well, your team's going to suck anyway. Even if this happens, you still have to do it. You can't coach worrying about any individual.

My No. 1 priority, and it always has been this, is keeping our team together and making sure we have the right guys in the right positions to make a run at this for a long time.

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

We have always made sure that players who have played for CSK, even those who came from other franchises for whatever reason, have performed well.

The team doctor, the team trainers, they work for the team. And I love 'em, you know. They're some good people, you know. They want to see you do good. But at the same time, they work for the team, you know. They're trying to do whatever they can to get you back on the field and make your team look good.

We need everyone, every game. So I'm not going to put myself in the position to hurt my team or my teammates.

You don't see players at United complaining to their manager when they are taken off.

The NFL does a great job of taking care of the players.

I'm thankful for the collaboration between the WRU and Ospreys, which will look after my best interests and enables me to play the best rugby possible.

There's nothing worse than recruiting a player and then leaving the player.

Each team is different but you give yourself a better chance if you keep the team intact.

I have been captain in the past and I know what it takes to gel a team and get it going.

I like to keep my team together.

The decisions you make are based on what you think is better for the team and the player.

If you offer a player a new contract, and a good contract, that means you want to keep the player.

I manage every player as well as I possibly can, regardless of which club they're from, what their roots are.

I was fortunate to play under Thomas Schaaf at Bremen. And I played for Arsene Wenger. So I always felt, let's say, more responsible than others towards the manager and his succession.

At the end of the day, you just want to go to a team that believes in you... and hopefully wants to build a franchise around you.