Eric Dier Quotes

For every striker, it's important to have the confidence of the coach.

I have a very English coaching philosophy.

I try to see what the players can do and not what they can't do.

When I went to work with Garinger, they were good kids and a very good team. But they had a nine-game losing streak, and you can see that they were getting down and depressed and not feeling rewards for their efforts. But when I came in there, I didn't need to teach them much about X's and O's.

For me to be a better player, I need to play more games, and having a gaffer I know has great trust in me gives me the confidence I need to help me improve my game.

Coaches often sting me to get the best of me. I am used to it.

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

If the coach is good, I don't think a psychologist is needed.

Because you can't change results - I would change my losses, and I would definitely like to see on-court coaching.

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?

The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.

A coach coaches. That's what he does. That's what he's good at. He's not managing people. He manages his players, but that's different.

Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.

I just coach and get my guys ready.

When Coach Belichick comes up to you during a game and says something to you, that's great.

I have worked under several coaches and wish to appreciate each one of them. Jurgen Klopp, though, has helped me improve. He knows how to push you into performing; he knows exactly what should happen.

I think the coaches have to play a big role in the players' development.

You see the excitement on the players. I don't know... if they think, 'This coach is crazy,' or if they think that, 'No, this is pretty good.'

There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.

No two managers are the same and I believe how players are man-managed on a daily basis has a huge influence on their performance on the field.

I am not a usual coach: it doesn't matter for me who are scoring the goals.

The art of coaching is to give a player freedom to bring out his talent. It is the player's responsibility for what happens once they are on the pitch.

In Italy, the coaches are very attentive to the details. They really study things, and that is a big difference here. They look at your movement, your positioning. They study you and work out how to stop you.

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

My dream is to become an important coach of a great team, possibly Juventus. So, I'm observing and putting aside all the secrets of the various coaches that I have had to try to get the best out of myself.