James Haskell Quotes

The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered.

I definitely want to play rugby at the top level, international rugby.

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

I don't want to be a Major League coach.

In my career, I played for four different teams in a lot of different systems, and it's like learning another language.

The time I've spent in professional Premiership club rugby has been invaluable.

Football coaches don't have real problems.

I wouldn't think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys' blue.

Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful and who their coaches were.

Mike Brown wanted to hire me to work with LeBron in player development.

When you go through the youth system you're always going in to do analysis work, looking at every way of improving and your coaches are always on top of you.

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

When I first started playing cricket for England, there was hardly any coverage.

If a player sits out a tour, it is not a problem, because it is a chance to look at others.

Real Madrid needs a coach that knows the club and understands the values that it represents.

I think because of how big the women's teams at Lyon and PSG are, the expectation on the team and the huge fan base - it leaves the door open for so much media. But I think that's a good thing.

I've been with five teams, played for a bunch of different coaches.

When I was a player, it was important to target the first few friendlies and plant a seed in the mind of the gaffer.

International rugby is a step up, and this is somewhere you come to get better and improve as a player.

It's weird watching games and being apart from it but seeing teams that could use you in certain situations. You see where you could help different clubs in different ways.

Managers and players at different clubs, it's difficult to compare.

In football, any team can still improve, in every sense.

Going to Stade Francais will not just make me a better player but make me a better player for England.

I was a very average player and became a trainer in Germany with a special club.

I have to know the characteristics of the players. I have to adapt myself to the characteristics of the championship and the players. Now I study my players.