Gareth Southgate Quotes

I want everybody to feel he has a chance to get into a game when he comes to the ballpark. I play guys when I want to so they'll be ready when I have to. I don't consider myself a motivator of players. I think it's an insult to a ballplayer to have to be motivated.

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.

I never wanted to do 'The Hobbit' in the first place.

I can't pretend to be enjoying this. I can't pretend I'm enjoying going out there and playing this style.

I always like to have the best players in my team.

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

They say that when it comes to the depth chart, it can change any day and that we dictate how the depth chart goes. If one person has a great day, he might be going with the 'ones.' If a person slips up a little bit, he might be going with the 'twos' and 'threes.'

I wasn't always a willing passer.

I have faith in the players, who have paid me back on the pitch. I have brought in young players because they have a lot of potential. I'm the only one who decides, and I take decisions based on sporting reasons.

That's the big thing for youngsters. When you go, you don't want a manager that's not going to have any trust in young players.

It's all about the qualities of the players. The better the players, the easier it is for the manager.

A lot of coaches might yank you after the first couple shots don't go in.

A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.

Well, they know that I'm not very anxious to get into one hour again.

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

The team with the best players wins.

It's amazing the things you hear from your players talking to them one on one. I never embarrassed a player, I spoke with him alone.

I have no heart to campaign for a job I did not seek.

My job as a coach is to make good decisions. It's not to go out there and block or tackle.

In a normal season, the sixth man always seems to get the most minutes on my team.

I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.

It all depends on the athlete. It all depends on if the bigger guys come out, and they become a Shaquille O'Neal, or if they become a Porzingis...You don't ever lose sight of those type of players, even though the game has changed.

Of course I want to play every game, but only 11 can start.