Mithali Raj Quotes

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

We have to talk about the players we have.

I don't think, in international cricket, there is a need for coaching. The real coaching is to recognise your players' strengths and weaknesses. You always remain positive with your players.

Toughest job in baseball is the general manager. Second toughest is the hitting coach.

There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.

We have to understand the abilities of the players. We will try to build a game model with our ideas and with the players we have.

Of course that's Ajax development, giving young players a chance.

The better players you get, the better coach you are.

Duke recruits the best basketball players. They don't recruit dunkers or highlight makers. They recruit good basketball players.

At Southampton, my dad was the academy coach at under-11 level.

Most coaches' attention to detail is very good; it's their job. They have to analyse teams, and they have to analyse their own team.

When you have your roster set up different ways, you really just have to examine the roster, find out what their strengths and weakness are and hopefully you take your roster and the vision you want to implement of how you want to play and you can tweak your roster to create that.

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

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.

You buy the right players for the system that you believe will be successful.

You always want all good players at your team.

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

I think every time I'm with the team, even in a World Cup, as a coach, you're constantly evaluating.

I don't really like the business side of football, but I just like adding good players to our football team.

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.

I began training the young players at Nova Iguacu and at Boavista, and I enjoyed it. I had always wanted to be a coach, and this accelerated the process.

You go into training camp and you fight for jobs and often times things work themselves out. Like players just take the job, they play so well, they win it, and makes it easier on the coach to decide who is the guy that gets those minutes.

Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.

I think I worked out in my head it's something like 75 training sessions before you've got them pretty well drilled. You're not going to get that in international football so you're relying on their intelligence and the ability of the players to slot in.