Thibaut Courtois Quotes

In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

If you're well-prepared, you know what you're doing, and you have an idea what the opponents can do - what their strengths and weaknesses are - once you get into the game, those adjustments will be - I won't say easy, but relatively easier and more manageable.

You need to know exactly where to be on the pitch at all times.

Both sides of the game, defensively and offensively, are important.

It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.

You work to make sure that, in the game, everybody knows where they're supposed to be at, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But if you put them in a position to be successful, that's all you can ask for.

Anytime you get to play a team twice, you have a feel for what they do and how they play.

What I liked of Mourinho is his work ethic and the way he organizes his team against the opponent. He knows the strength and weakness of the opponent, and he will give the details for what he wants. And for me, that was impressive.

For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It's about making the right decision every time you have the ball.

It's my job to run the offense and make sure everything goes smoothly.

It is difficult to click your fingers and say, 'Right, go and play that formation now.'

Football is a really simple game, and the most important thing, in any formation, is that the players do their jobs, not the formation which they play in.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.

It's not enough just being a good passer of the ball.

Every week, as a staff, you put a plan together and put your players in position to make plays.

There are two real keys to winning. You've got to have good players: no coach won with bad players. You win with good players. That is number one. Number two is, when we are playing, let's say we are playing Michigan, and they had a really good press: we've got to solve that press.

It always helps to play every game at the back with the same players. You get a good understanding of each other and how one of you works, and what positions to take up.

You can't try a man-to-man if you don't practice it.

I have to put people in the right spot so that if they execute, we win.

As a player I was taught the importance of working four or five passes within your team and then stretching the play. That's something I believe in strongly as a coach.

There is so much interaction in a football match: between you and your team-mates and how you support each other, work for each other, make runs. But I also enjoy the other aspect: the pressing and how people work so hard to recover the ball.

If I could play a game and not have to tackle, I know that I did everything right. I organized everyone the right way, read every play the right way.