Arjen Robben Quotes

I would say Pep Guardiola's No. 1 quality is that he sees the technical and tactical aspect of a game really fast.

Van Gaal is the kind of guy who can really make individual players better.

Under Pep Guardiola, it's hard work. For me, Guardiola is one of the best coaches I've ever met. He's incredibly clever and tactically really good, and he knows how to speak to us, how to motivate us, and that's what it is like.

Sarri taught me football. He is a coach I really like, well-prepared and even scientific in the way he analyses games.

People sometimes ask me to name the greatest coach in NFL history. George Halas may have set the standard, but Don Shula has won more games than anyone, and he has done it in the most competitive era. He had an incomparable ability to evaluate players, to motivate them, and to teach them the game of football.

I hadn't trained to be a coach. That takes great training. Being an assistant under a Coach Lombardi or a Tom Landry or whoever, that prepares you to do a better job when you become a coach. I hadn't received that training. It showed.

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

Arsene Wenger is a good coach. He has authority, and straight away, I can see he helps players with small things to make them better.

I have evolved a lot as a player working with Klopp, who is a very tactical coach.

Van Gaal does a good job wherever he is.

He moulded me as a player by teaching me the basics, the fundamentals of football, and definitely made me the player I was until I stopped playing. That is what Van Gaal does.

I think the biggest thing, even from Day 1 after the draft, was coach DeFillipo being very detailed with everything.

I already worked with Van Gaal before at the Under-20 team back in 2001. He hasn't changed much as a coach since. He really stands out.

Thomas Tuchel is a coach who can work in the long-term.

As a player I had a few idols but that's not really interesting any more. I was a striker and focusing on guys like Marco van Basten but as a coach I want to make my own footsteps.

You can learn a lot from Pep Guardiola. From pre-season to the match itself. He has a vision of the game that is impressive.

Roy Hodgson is a very good manager with a clear plan.

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.

You cannot compare Pep to any Brazilian coach. If you put all Brazilian coaches together, you would get Pep. One has motivational skills, another is tactically strong. But Pep has it all.

All of you know how Pep Guardiola is as a manager... he is the best coach in history.

Benitez is a coach with clear ideas and lots of experience in football.

Pochettino is a terrific manager if you look at the way his teams play.

Matt LaFleur's a great coach.

I like making players better and smarter.

Zidane was one of the best players that I have seen. Now as a coach, I try to learn as much as possible from him. He knows a lot because he was an exceptional player.