Jake Arrieta Quotes

I think communication is massive in football and in all sports in general.

Players' moods change on a daily basis, so it depends how you find your players, and up to you to get the best out of them.

LeBron is the best player in our league, but some people have a hard time playing with him.

That no-hitter stuff was a long time ago; I don't think that has anything to do with it. I'm just going through a tough time.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

You need a lot of leaders, but a hockey team needs a voice, not only in the community, but more importantly between the coaching staff and the players. There are always ups and downs in a season; the captain is the guy players look to in those situations.

You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.

I've played sports pretty much my whole life, and that teaches you how to work with anyone, whether you like that person or you don't, and whether you get along with them or you don't. The circumstances don't matter. Team work is part of life.

I don't miss being in the dugout - I'll make that clear.

Pitchers really don't deal with the managers a whole lot. When we come in the clubhouse, we see him, we say, 'Hey.' That's really it.

One of the things I've learned is that baseball is something that happens over time.

My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot there? Why didn't you drive?'

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

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.

I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends not only on that individual but the leadership they have on the team and the leadership they have on the coaching staff. A lot of times, they can divert some of those pressures off of the individual and off of the team.

Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.

I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching.

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

Back when I first came up with the Twins as a second baseman, Billy worked with me on my fielding, on playing the game, on being heads-up, hustling, always doing my best, not alibiing. And when he was the Twins' manager, I enjoyed playing for him.

You want a coach who is going to push you and be strong and be in your corner when it's tough, but sometimes you have coaches who think they are more important than the players. That's where the conflicts come.

I was lucky enough to play with great platers Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Darren Lockyer and that's where I learned about leadership.

Club or national training is the same. We play as we train.

When you're a manager, we sometimes speak too much about tactics, but the most difficult thing for a manager is to get the best from his best players.

For me the relationship you have with the coach is very important.