I learnt a lot of things in Holland, as people have great vision there. It improved me as a player and a person. I had very good coaches that wanted to play offensive football and dominate games and be better than their opponent. You also need to play for your team-mates as well as yourself; then, afterwards, you can show your own quality.
A lot of guys go into the NBA not being able to shoot the ball well, but then they become great shooters.
I think the biggest thing I want to learn from Kevin Garnett, with him having a ring, is how do I become a championship player? How do I see how a championship team looks like? How do I use myself to be a championship contributor?
Over my NFL career, I've had five head coaches who have helped me become better at my craft and have helped me become a better human being: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, John Fox, Gary Kubiak.
Guardiola improved me a lot as a footballer. He taught me a lot of things, and that's why, in every interview I'm asked, I always say the same thing: He is the best manager that I have worked with.
Not too many guys can say their career was always on the up. You just endure it and continue to work hard, continue to try to be a better player.
You just constantly are evaluating and learning and drawing players and coverages and talking through it. It's part of making you the player, how you want to approach the game.
I got an award for Most Improved Player for volleyball in tenth grade that I cared about a lot.
I think there is no better way for our players to improve and learn to perform under pressure than playing regularly with India.
Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
That's how you get better on defense; not just 'oh, man, my guy beat me,' but you have to think about, 'okay, my man beat me, so I either have to pick up the next man, or I'm going to give somebody a foul.
I'm a massive Roger Federer fan, and sometimes I can see in his game the willful development of a tactic or technique that doesn't come as naturally to him, like fixating on improving the backhand. And I'm thinking, Hit the forehand! It's what you do!
I'm lucky to play with Messi for the national team; I've learned many things. I can pick up a lot from him in terms of how he reads the play, how he thinks, how he sees the movement of his teammates. This will help me a lot for the future.
I'm trying to be a complete player and have every shot in the game.
College was a very necessary step along the way to my professional career. As I look back, I realize how much of an eye opener it was for me in terms of moving forward and developing as a basketball player.
I love watching players improve - even as a Little League coach.
I'll look at stats after a game to see the work I've done in different areas.
I've become a much better player, so I feel like my voice is heard and taken for what it's worth a little bit more.
The No. 1 job is to help a player reach their highest potential, and that's not possible without being able to relate with them. That's been helpful, and as far as my knowledge base is concerned, that stems from being around great coaches willing to share.
I think as a central defender you grow as a player.
I've always enjoyed the coaching side, working with young players, trying to improve them and to make them not only see football different but to see life differently.
As a coach, when it comes to football players, we're trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we're trying to change their behavior and make them better.
If I could, I'd change the way I came up through the football ranks. I'd love to have had an academy life the way the boys have it. I think female footballers would be so much better for having that opportunity, and we'd be more effective because we would be better players.
The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.
College, our job is to get guys to get better. Work hard, get better and be in position so when your time comes you get to play in the NBA.
