Todd Reirden Quotes

The art of coaching is to give a player freedom to bring out his talent. It is the player's responsibility for what happens once they are on the pitch.

I'd like to teach my players how to play and not just run plays.

I've always had one in my teams - that sort of central pivot that orchestrates the game.

If you can utilize a guy's talents and not let other parts of the game suffer, you've got a winning mix.

All my players must be ready because, sooner or later, I will need them.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

I want to play every game, as does every player. But sometimes, you just have to listen to the manager.

The big thing is to win, but to look at the long-term, you need one way to play, and the philosophy is not only to put 11 players on the pitch and play football.

I really enjoy watching on the side because I can really see the game from a different perspective.

I've been on teams in the NBA where we don't play the right way.

In Rome, I was already trying to help in shaping the game, but the style was a little bit different to what we do at Liverpool.

We can only control what we do on the pitch and what we do on the training ground.

All managers have a different playing style and football philosophy. What's important for players is being able adapt to those different styles.

That is what a good manager does - you study and think and discuss, and you come up with a model of playing.

I learned a lot from Arsene Wenger, especially his tactical systems and how to plan things game to game, week to week and month to month.

Not everyone gets to have one of the few super-dominant, all-pro, superstars in this league, and so playing with the pass and playing with space and playing quick is a really good backup.

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

Tactics, gameplan and players are all influential in how a team performs but the question is how to manage every individual in your charge and get them to play like a finely tuned orchestra.

We need to be aware of what we need to do at every moment... and we have to manage the game; that's the art of a great team.

What I liked of Mourinho is his work ethic and the way he organizes his team against the opponent. He knows the strength and weakness of the opponent, and he will give the details for what he wants. And for me, that was impressive.

You're all over the place usually with young players. You're trying to manage their emotions and teach them NBA situations. It usually takes months, even years, to learn and recognize NBA situations and then to develop a level of competitiveness that's necessary at this level.

In the NBA, you're taking a bunch of different talents, and you're managing them. You have to give them a system; you have to give them a belief. That's why coaches like Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich are so great: because they gave the team confidence in the system and in their ability to execute night in and night out.

The fans just see what's going on on the field, but there's a lot more that goes into it behind the scenes.

It is up to the coaches to tell me how to play.

The attacking capacity of a team is the fruit of the work of the manager and of the quality of the players.