Coach Relationship Quotes

Guardiola was a very special coach for me, the first when I was at Barcelona. He is a great coach, a lovely person, and I have very good memories of that time, but I would have liked to have had a full year with him.

Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.

I had my father on the Under-21 team and during the World Cup in France in 1998 - and also in AC Milan for four months. So it was a weird experience, because having your father as a coach is pretty weird, and I was the captain. But he was great.

I've definitely grown as a leader - being able to speak up, getting closer with coach and being on the same page, communicating and being more involved in the game plan and the checks throughout the game. Seeing the game a little bit better.

I never had a problem with a coach in my life, no matter what team I've been in on.I put that on myself because I let that space and opportunity start something especially when people didn't know what was going on or people are trying to find out or figure out what's going on with the team.

For whatever reason, Coach Schwartz and I weren't all that close at first. We didn't have that kind of relationship, really. I don't know why, maybe because I was a rookie, but I never felt real comfortable just popping my head in his office and sitting down to talk.

Van Gaal is the best coach I've had. We've got a very special relationship.

I have a mental coach, which is super cool, but it's also kind of eerie at times.

I'm not a player that gets angry, especially not with coaches.

Sometimes Kellen calls me 'Coach.' Sometimes he calls me 'Pops.'

It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.

For me the relationship you have with the coach is very important.

I had a great relationship with Coach Nee. I liked Doc Sadler a lot.

Jerry Sloan was a guy that I always respected, but I thought he was mean. Like, he was a guy that was just no nonsense. When coach and I got closer during the Olympics, I said, 'Coach, I always just thought you were this mean guy, but it was really nice to get to know you and your family.'

A friendly relationship with the coach is important for each player.

Once you lose connection with the coach, it gets difficult.

You need to have a very strong relationship with your coaches. For me, Freddie Roach is like a father figure.

The most important thing is the time you spend with the coach and what you all achieve.