Ben Askren Quotes

I don't want to be a Major League coach.

You know, I think when you coach or you manage, you make decisions, and there's some that are really, really tough.

The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments.

I have coaching friends, and when we get together, we often talk more about what we're doing to get players' attention than we do about the fascinating X's and O's of our sport.

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

If you're a coach and your team doesn't win, at some point you've got to change the coach.

I just coach and get my guys ready.

I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.

As a coach you're able to have better relationships with the players because you're not picking the team.

A coach was managing the Newbury team, and he wanted me to play for his local team, and from there, I did it at district level, and then I got picked for Southampton.

My idea is to know every player and to know, also, the personality of the players.

When you are not winning, the coach is more or less the weakest person in the team who can be replaced.

That's football, it's our job not just to name the starting XI but during the match as well.

You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.

I am the coach, all I do is train the players who are put at my disposal.

It's important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player's strength and their weakness.

I think, as a coach, you've got to do what your players can do.

A rookie coach must be supported by a very strong structure and not get burned.

From Rick Adelman to Kevin McHale, it was a big difference. Things are a lot stricter with McHale, and with Rick, things are a lot different, offensively, defensively. You go from being successful as hell with one coach and being comfortable with the coach to, yes, I was really successful with Kevin McHale, but I just didn't do it the right way.

Whenever you are coaching, you are trying to get the most balanced team that you can: balance between defense, offense, and rebounding.

Every coach has his own ideas about managing the team and how it plays.

People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.

As a player, I've always been interested in understanding the coaches' minds, in seeing how they made a group function.

The fans say you can do this and that, but you have to analyse the potential of the team with your staff. Will it be enough to be at the top until the end of the season? You never know.

I would like to be a manager, to organize everything in training, see if my philosophy could work, and give it to the team.