Ben Shahn Quotes

If you're a coach, and you don't have trust with players, you've got no chance, and your credibility is zero. And that's why it's so important to tell them the truth. If you have something that you're upset about, tell them the truth. If they're doing something wrong, tell them the truth.

Our best comes out when we have honest discussions.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

If somebody thinks I have an integrity problem, then the honest thing to do is to tell me what they think it is and let me address it.

Let's deal with each other honestly.

I don't want people kissing my butt. If I had a bad show and I know it, don't tell me I had a good show. I hate that. I guess because I'm 17, people think I don't see stuff like that.

I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedback, I wanted communication from the boss. I showed up for work, you can yell at me if you want, but I want input. So that's the kind of coach I want to be.

People would say, 'You can't say negative things about the company.' But you have no credibility if you can't tell people that they need to do better.

You don't lie to your own doctor. You don't lie to your own attorney, and you don't lie to your employees.

If one player can say that I, Emmanuel Adebayor, spoke badly to anyone in the changing rooms, then I'd honestly like to know who it is. It has never happened in my life.

I've played for managers who said one thing and did another and players find you out like that. You've got to trust them and they've got to trust you.

Respect the game on and off the field and if you do that, you're going to have the respect among your peers.

Players are smart. That locker room knows. So don't hide anything.

Eleven years in the league, I haven't had a dirty play. I haven't made a name in this league by playing that way.

I think any player would say that they want their coaches' respect, they want their teammates' respect, and they want their opponent to respect them.

You can be rivals out on the pitch, but respect is the most important thing.

I can only tell you that I am a clean athlete and an honest person.

I respected opponents as well as teammates and coaches.

I respect the game, on and off the field.

I approach this game with the utmost respect for every player.

Athletics set the right sentiment for a clean and believable sport.

Everybody's so scared to be honest with one another. If you didn't like the way I handled myself in practice, one of the players, come up to me. Somebody say something - anybody. I'm not gonna take it as offense; it's not personal.

We respect all our opponents.

I'm not going to put them all in a box and say they all cheat. There are some good guys and I have met some good guys that play basketball.

I want everybody including myself to be working just as hard towards the same goal, and if that's not happening I think it's only right to voice that opinion instead of going into your shell and not speaking about it.