There's a lot of guys in the NBA; it's about finding the right fit, a coach that has some trust in you that will play you night in and night out, consistently. Trying to find a right fit is the tough part.
A player senses when a coach loses confidence in him. That, more than anything, can throw a player.
I know I have the ultimate eye of confidence to take a shot down the stretch if a coach needs me to do it.
Coach Pederson is the one who drafted me. He was the only coach who flew down to Texas and worked me out. I was only worked out by one team, and that was by Coach Pederson... the Philadelphia Eagles took a chance on me.
I have a lot of respect for Wenger. But a player needs playing time. And a coach has to put his faith in a player if he feels that he needs it.
If a coach comes to me and says you've done something bad I'm going to take that advice.
We're not running the ball again until we get ahead. Shula was calling the plays, but I told them, 'I don't care what he calls. We're throwing every pass from now until we get the lead.' To Shula's credit, he always gave me that option.
I know who I am. My teammates know who I am. And my coaches know who I am.
I wanted to go somewhere I could be more part of the team and where the coach really trusts me. At Schalke it wasn't really like that.
I have the full confidence of the coach, and that's extremely important to me.
Fabio Capello has probably seen me play more games at centre-half but for him to have the faith in me to play in a different position is great for my confidence and I hope I did him justice.
When things are going well on the pitch, it is because I know I have the coach behind me.
