Steve Yzerman Quotes

For me, the most important thing is running a good clubhouse. The X's and the O's - you sit up in the stands and, for the most part, a lot of fans go to the game and they know what's going to happen. You're going to hit and run, steal, put a pitcher in, take a pitcher out.

I don't think a manager should be judged by whether he wins the pennant, but by whether he gets the most out of the twenty-five men he's been given.

A head coach has to be able to oversee all facets of the team and of the game.

From our perspective, the most important thing is what you do with the players, how you handle them, your ability to communicate with them.

Man-management is my biggest asset, to help the players enjoy themselves and be better than they already are.

They fire coaches before players.

Conte is a good coach, but I would steal his place on the bench.

You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.

Problems with Ancelotti? No, he's a good person.

When you're a player, you only really have to look after yourself. And then you go into management, and you've got 30 players' welfare to keep an eye on.

Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.

But the art of management has not changed. The art of it is still 80 to 90 per cent man-management. It is just a matter of getting the best out of what you have got.

When I was with the Giants, I played for Dusty Baker, and I love Dusty to death. I think he's a great manager and great person, but he platooned me. His reasoning was to get everybody in the lineup. It wasn't that I couldn't play every day.

Normally I keep criticism of my players inside but sometimes people need to know what the manager is thinking.

I always get saddled as a player's coach, and I'm happy about that.

The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

If you are the coach of a national team, you have to evaluate players based on what they do on the pitch.

It's good to see Graham Alexander back in the game. He was such a tremendous professional as a player so I know he'll give management his best shot.

Every coach has his own ideas about managing the team and how it plays.

People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.

I think people who know ball and know me know that I'm a good coach.

As a player, I've always been interested in understanding the coaches' minds, in seeing how they made a group function.

Louis van Gaal is a good coach. We have a lot of team meetings, and he analyses much - other teams, our own players at training, a lot. Everywhere he has been, he was successful.

Harry Redknapp is a fantastic manager. He knows how to talk to players. You need that belief from your own manager. He tells you just to go out there and do your thing. That is what Harry has got more than anyone else.

When you're paying millions of dollars for somebody to coach your team, you can find somebody good.