Nick Nurse Quotes

I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.

I'm a fan of coaching.

My goal early in becoming a head coach so young was to find out if I could do it. I just wanted to see if I could be a good head coach and then start learning from head coaching.

The greatest thing about a coaching position is this: You just worry about the day in front of you.

I worked under Jose Mourinho, a manager who taught me new things and stressed I should believe in myself.

All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.

I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.

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We could all use more coaching.

I'm interested in coaching.

If you're a coach, you're a teacher.

My previous bosses - Louis van Gaal and Marcello Lippi, to name two - have all taught me something.

When I coached guys that I knew would be good coaches, I kind of push them.

In terms of the coaching aspect and things like that, I've always been someone that prides themselves in helping young talent.

Pep is the best manager in the world. He's always looking to help me get better and improve my game.

I want to be a better head coach than my father.

When you're a coach there's no age limit. It's the results that make you last.

Coaching is what I love to do, and I think I'm pretty good at it.

I miss coaching - certain elements of coaching.

I remember doing my first coaching sessions at Macclesfield, when I was still playing, and I was just terrible. I felt really uncomfortable standing in front of people, and it felt very odd. It was not something I was naturally comfortable with at all.

I needed to learn to be a coach initially. I think if I'd gone into professional football when I stopped playing when I was 30 years old I'd have failed because I'd have made too many mistakes because I had no real idea at that time.

Over the last few years, I've started to look more closely at the way coaches work to learn from them - not just here at the club but with the international team as well.

I want to do some coaching, maybe a couple of days a week, and start building up slowly - find out my philosophy, how I like to play and things like that. I want to be a coach now and eventually I want to be a manager.

The reason you get into coaching in the first place is to help and develop, try to make people better.

One of the great things about coaching is it's a different challenge every day.