Bruce Arians Quotes

We have to talk about the players we have.

I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.

Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?

As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.

It's important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player's strength and their weakness.

A coach needs time to get to know the players, the environment, the fans and the culture of the club. You can't solve everything in one or two months.

Any new coach takes about six months to adjust to the system, and players also need time to understand his methods.

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

I think there are much bigger differences between players in this league than between coaches. There is a big gap between LeBron James and the small forward for whoever. Far bigger than between two coaches.

The more better players we have at Barcelona, the better it is for the team and coach.

When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.

If you're a coach and your team doesn't win, at some point you've got to change the coach.

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

The performance of your position coaches is obviously more than just the actual statistics of how their players perform. There's insight from relationships you have around the league throughout all the different interactions that you have.

When I went to the Dolphins, we retained most of their coaching staff, and of course, we had a few veteran players. So, I just tried to add a few pieces here and there.

I think sometimes when trades are made the beginning of the season on paper, they look great. It just takes time. Sometimes the process by the media or outside influences or sources want it to be now. Sometimes it doesn't work that way.

It's not easy for a coach to deal with a player who is in slow decline.

I want to build a team who can play home and away the same.

But it's been a learning experience; learning the NBA, learning the travel schedule and certain coaches, their styles, what they like to run out of timeouts, personnel, tendencies.

When things aren't going well, it's very easy to blame the coaching staff.

It's no good if you are at a so-called best team, but you sit on a bench.

I understand very well that if you are a national coach, you want to use all the opportunities that you have to meet up with your team.

When you have a new coach, a couple new guys, and a young team, the frustrating part throughout the year is the up and down.

People asked me, 'Why aren't you doing something more important?' When I was doing well in the D-League, they were like, 'Why can't you get an NBA job? Or a college job?' I don't think people thought much of what I was doing. That's fine. I was learning. Not just X's and O's, but team dynamics.

When you are not winning, the coach is more or less the weakest person in the team who can be replaced.