Casemiro Quotes

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.

I have a lot of admiration for those who build tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good coach must do is build the team around the characteristics of his players.

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

When I went to the Dolphins, we retained most of their coaching staff, and of course, we had a few veteran players. So, I just tried to add a few pieces here and there.

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

If you are the coach of a national team, you have to evaluate players based on what they do on the pitch.

Us coaches love to have as many players available as possible.

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 you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.

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.

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

I understand very well that if you are a national coach, you want to use all the opportunities that you have to meet up with your team.

As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.

People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.

When I was a player, it was important to target the first few friendlies and plant a seed in the mind of the gaffer.

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

The actual game is only part of the Senior Bowl experience - the practices are equally important.

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.

The head coach is the chemist.

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

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

I think it's pretty unique to see a coach adjust to the talent he has and maximize the abilities of players he has and help them keep growing.

I want to build a team who can play home and away the same.

Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?

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.