Samir Nasri Quotes

With Zidane he had a lot of relationships with the players, a father-son relationship. Like a friend. Solari does the same, he is being fair to everyone.

Jim Tomsula is going to be great coach for us. Players' coach. Always around the guys. Someone that's willing to listen to what the players say and has their intake.

I already worked with Van Gaal before at the Under-20 team back in 2001. He hasn't changed much as a coach since. He really stands out.

Everything was professional at United. They really take care of their players.

This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team, he was an incredible protector. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He was a master at handling players. He knew when you needed to be pushed or protected.

Every manager has his own idea of playing and his own idea of the training, and everyone has a different personality.

I think the 20-year-old me from that time, if I could have been managed under Jurgen Klopp, I'd have benefitted.

I manage every player as well as I possibly can, regardless of which club they're from, what their roots are.

The amount of staff we have in academies is... I've never seen anything like it. It's good to take care of the players but sometimes I get confused by the number of people who have an impact on one kid - we're talking 100 people or more. It's quite a heavy load.

You don't have to be popular with the players to be a good manager or coach.

There are some agents who do a good job looking after players but there are others who stifle and mollycoddle them.

The head coach is the chemist.

The team comes first. We want to keep all of our players. We want to take care of all of our players, but the team comes first.

Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.

As a leader, you want your team to play as you are.

I'm so grateful to Ferguson. I think he's the best there's ever been, especially his squad management skills.

A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.

From our perspective, the most important thing is what you do with the players, how you handle them, your ability to communicate with them.

I hadn't trained to be a coach. That takes great training. Being an assistant under a Coach Lombardi or a Tom Landry or whoever, that prepares you to do a better job when you become a coach. I hadn't received that training. It showed.

Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful and who their coaches were.

Guardiola improved me a lot as a footballer. He taught me a lot of things, and that's why, in every interview I'm asked, I always say the same thing: He is the best manager that I have worked with.

As a coach you're able to have better relationships with the players because you're not picking the team.

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

Arsene knows what he wants and knows how to get the best out of you - that is why he gets such an impressive response from his players.

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