Phil Neville Quotes

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.

I think the NBA just, overall, when you need somebody to blame, the first person that you go to is the coach. But at the end of the day, you need the right players that match each other. Not just the best players. Chemistry helps.

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

Every matchup is very important regardless of who the bigs are, who the guards are.

This is the Italian national team; there's no need to give caps away. If the coach calls up certain players, it's because he's convinced they can give a big hand, and that's why I'm here.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.

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

My job is to improve the performance of the team game by game.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

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.

There are people, coaches, and players who fit in certain places. All players don't fit into all teams, and not every manager can manage every team.

We cannot try to play in a manner that does not correspond to our players' characteristics.

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

There are teams spending a lot of money and buying top players from all over the world but it is not about money - it is about your team-mates.

When the team's not playing well offensively, it's always a problem for me because I'm not an individualistic player.

With one coach, you have a lot of confidence, and you play well. Then you go with another coach, and your confidence is zero. Football is this.

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.

I've turned down a lot of trades where I might have gotten a better player, but I wasn't totally sure of the chemistry of that new player coming in. Even though he might possess golden ability, his personality and the way he gets along with teammates might be things you just don't want to cope with.

What I made clear to our front office is we're going to be judged by wins and losses. It isn't about having a marquee star player and coming in last place. That's not what Lakers basketball is. Lakers basketball is winning basketball.

When the key players in your team perform well, the team does well, too.

As a captain, I can't make the same mistake twice. As a player, you can get away with that, but if the captain does that, then it affects the whole team.

When you change 10 out of 22 outfield players, you need time and hard work.

I want to widen the pool. In the past, England players have maybe had the comfort of knowing what the next squad is going to be before it's announced, but I'd like there to be more uncertainty. More competition for places means the standard goes up.