Ronald Koeman Quotes

I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.

I analyse my games for club and country. I look at what I could have done better and learn.

I think a player should be evaluated for what he does on the playing field.

There's a lot of things that go into scoring touchdowns and leading your team. It's not just the game itself, but going back and studying tape to pick apart everything I did. It's nice to have something to go on, doing it full speed in a game situation.

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.

Who is the ally of the coach? Who's going to write, 'Man, that was a well-coached game.' Players win, coaches lose.

As coaches, we learn to accept criticism for our decisions. If a writer says you shouldn't have gone for it on fourth-and-one, we understand that's part of the job. We expect it.

You can ask every coach from Ron Gardenhire to Dave Clark, anyone who has seen me play, they don't know why they say I'm a bad defender.

I try to watch film with teammates and help them as well, so that's just part of the game, part of playing.

There are many ways to see football and interpret it.

I'll look at stats after a game to see the work I've done in different areas.

We're always trying to evolve and find more efficient ways, more fluent ways to evaluate our players, evaluate our opponent and evaluate our prospects.

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

Man, it literally starts from after the game. I get every at-bat sent to me from the game. I'll go home, I'll watch every at-bat, kind of break down the game, kind of see, OK, what did I do? Why'd I miss this pitch? Why'd I hit that pitch?

Video analysis is big for me. Through video, you see good things and bad things and can show players how to improve.

My dad has coached a long time, so there aren't too many conversations in my family that haven't centered around basketball.

I am in a frame where I want to enjoy cricket. Of course, I think about my game: how I got out, what I could have done better. But that I think for half-an-hour and that's enough.

After the training session, video analysis. You can see the good and the bad, show players how to improve. Not because I want to find blame. Sometimes 20 or 30 minutes of video is more important than three training sessions.

Within 10 minutes of a WSL game finishing, virtually ever player gets feedback on their performances in terms of England-level requirements.

In professional football, there are always going to be critics.

I don't like to compare players, particularly to myself.

You can look at every game, some where I've been a defensive player and others where I've had an impact.

A player always comes on to the pitch to give their best, and I cannot be criticized for my commitment, only for my performances.

I think everybody knows if they played a good or a bad game.

To me, the preseason is the most over-analyzed 10 plays or whatever it is - ever.