Claudio Ranieri Quotes

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

I try to implement my own ways of making teams successful.

I look at the group I've got and then I decide what strengths and weaknesses they have and then I formulate an appropriate way the players can work in order to be collectively successful.

Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.

It is my job to work with the players we have and try to improve them as a team and move the country forward.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.

I don't view myself as a team manager, but a team captain. I'm part of the team, but everybody else as well.

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

Everybody on my team - I couldn't do their jobs. I could not. I really mean that. So I figured out early on that the way you're successful is you hire really successful people.

Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

You have to have great players and great coaches working with you.

You've got to play to your players' talents.

When you build a team, and you have 24 or 25 players, all can be decisive; can be important.

You can be the best manager in the world, but if the players don't trust you, it will never work.

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

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.

You need to have discussions and make sure you guide players towards the collective spirit. It can't be done overnight.

It's not enough to buy good players, one has to develop a team.

I played a very background role in terms of trying to get the environment together but Eoin Morgan and Trevor Bayliss have done a great job.

Working with Ravi Shastri as Team Director was a good experience.

I love managing characters. Characters make teams and I believe I can deal with all sorts. The most important thing is being able to pass my knowledge on to others and allowing them to flourish as individuals and as part of a team with a specific strategy.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.