Thierry Henry Quotes

I know myself that when there is a manager who knows how to get the best out of you then it's different - and that's why I chose Villa. I wanted to work with Steve Bruce again.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.

Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.

I am not a usual coach: it doesn't matter for me who are scoring the goals.

As I have evolved as a coach, I was a guy who was all about the game and a person who focused on the wins and losses.

I've had a lot of great coaches. I think Guus Hiddink and Vicente del Bosque are the ones closest to my style. I'm more friendly with the players than a 'formal' coach. I'm not a professor. I'm Roberto Carlos and I want to win with my players and I want them to help me by doing their job well.

Coach Gase is one of the guys.

People think that coaching is about winning football matches - which, of course, it is - but throughout my career it has also been about helping people become better, more able to deal with life and be more successful in their lives, on and off the football pitch.

I have grown a lot under Ancelotti. He got the best out of me.

I'm busy working on every aspect of my game - defense, shooting, rebounding - but I really want to become a better overall team player. Help my teammates become better players out on the court in order to win more ball games.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

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

People want to see how we get teams to come together so quickly. They want to see how we get young guys to play so hard and so unselfish. I'm fine with that. I have no problem sharing that.

I have worked under several coaches and wish to appreciate each one of them. Jurgen Klopp, though, has helped me improve. He knows how to push you into performing; he knows exactly what should happen.

I'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

If I can understand them better as a person then I can understand how to make them a better player too.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

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.

I went into coaching never worrying about what I was coaching for other than trying to make sure that I can prepare my team, select my team, have an amazing staff around me.

I wanted to give back to football what it's given me. So, I decided, 'I'm going to be a coach.'

Professor Tite has played a big role in the Selecao's ascent. He's a brilliant coach, with a unique way of working, but he's also a marvellous person. He makes everyone feel at ease.

Sometimes I was wrong about my players. Sometimes I want more and more from them; sometimes I am so demanding, but they showed me how good they are.

Coach Kidd has taught me a lot just from the point guard position.