At first when I first went to the Chiefs, there was a huge transition from what we had done in New England to a team that was rebuilding.
At some point I go back on the sand to get my sand legs. Because it takes a good month for my legs to catch up with everything, with the displacement and all that stuff. So right now we're training on the beach six days a week for practice, and that's generally about two and a half hours. And then I'm doing pilates three times a week.
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.
At some point in your career, maybe you, too, have made the life-altering decision to start anew. If so, you know first-hand how exciting, challenging, and sometimes disorienting the first 30, 60, 90 days can be.
Training at altitude took two weeks to get used to.
Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle.
I was a business man. When they elected me, it took me two years to learn about how government ran.
The first few months in a new country are always really hard.
It took me a little bit of time in the Premier League. I came back from an ACL and got one goal in I think six months at Crystal Palace. It wasn't great but I got to grips with the Premier League, started to understand what it's about because it's very different to the lower leagues.
It always takes some time when you change the technical staff. Sometimes you don't understand what they ask for.
I'm from Toronto. It's a lot more laid back. When you are thrust into different environments, there is an odd adaptation period. And then there are times when unfair, unkind, untrue things are written about you. That bothers me less now.
No player can become accustomed to New York's climate in August in a few days. The playing conditions, the courts in New York and France are very different.
I took about a year to fully adjust. Like there's a death at the family or a divorce, you don't just snap your fingers and it's over.
Any captain will take some time to settle down. Nobody is an outstanding leader straightaway.
I've been told by many people that a lot of overseas players come into the Premier League, and they take time to integrate, depending on the circumstances.
You give a team a month - three weeks - to get together, and you're going to make mistakes. You're just not going to be as sharp.
Even a good batsman requires a year or so in test cricket to settle down and play long innings.
Change does not mean you will win with a new coach and achieve victories, but rather it causes instability in the team as the new coach needs some time for the players to adapt his new plans, which are always different than the previous coach.
The first few seasons, I was just getting used to the Premier League.
There is definitely a big difference from the Bundesliga to the Premier League: it is completely different, and that is why I think we need a bit of time in the beginning to get used to the league.
We are used to dealing with problems that have a solution and that can be solved in a finite period. But we're at the beginning of a long period of adjustment that does not have a clear-cut terminal point, and in which our wisdom and sophistication and understanding has to be one of the key elements.
it's been my experience that the first few days of married life women are blind because they want to be and after that because they have to be.
For a 20 year old the gap from Holland to England is massive. That's a fact. Not all players are able to settle in directly from day one. I remember even Van Persie needed two, three years but he became Van Persie.
It's true that players can take time to settle at a new club. I remember people telling me it took Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic a while - players who became great players for United.
I do have a concern however, humanity has a great way of adapting and I'm sure scientists of the future, probably after I leave this planet, earth will have a new way of dealing with the internet but I do have a concern in the transition period.
