Player Support Quotes

When you're the head coach, you coach 53 people, and their wives and their girlfriends and their families and all those people.

There are still so many issues around young players, and we need to find the right way for them. What is really important? What does he need for his self-belief? For his development?

I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at the back end. I grew up with a lot of players who had very, very tough lives after the ball started bouncing for them. And that's why I'm going to continue to fight.

I know myself that I am a manager who really gives young players a chance when they deserve it.

I'm a good coach. I do the right things for my players, and I try to support them; I try to help them almost to a fault.

When we created Overwatch at Blizzard, it was always with the expectation that we would be able to celebrate and recognize our players in a way that would be consistent with traditional sports.

Let them know that we care, even when they have a bad game and not a good game, let them know that we always care about them. You'll get the most out of every player.

Coaches are always important for players.

It's great that fans have people they can enjoy and watch play.

The NFL does a great job of taking care of the players.

I wish football, as a culture, bred more than just a football player. It has the ability to be an incubator and transition players properly.

The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction.

I don't believe many teams can do it just with one really, really good player. You have to be surrounded with a good cast.

In the heat of battle you might not be thinking clearly and that is when players have to take on the responsibility of helping the other guys out.

If we can't find the next technological breakthrough, well, maybe we can be better than anyone else with how we treat our players and how we connect with players and the relationships we develop and how we put them in positions to succeed.

When you are on the floor, there's no better feeling than when your teammates are into the game on the bench and are cheering for you and vice versa. When you come out of the game, you are cheering for those guys that are on the floor.

I back all of my players, not only Wayne Rooney.

Deep down, your players must know you care about them. This is the most important thing. I could never get away with what I do if the players feel I didn't care for them. They know, in the long run, I'm in their corner.

It's always important with a young one in your team that he needs to be comfortable in the position he plays.

I'm thankful for the collaboration between the WRU and Ospreys, which will look after my best interests and enables me to play the best rugby possible.

I wanted to find out if we went to the NFL and really took care of guys, really cared about each and every individual, what would happen?

Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court.

At the end of the day, you just want to go to a team that believes in you... and hopefully wants to build a franchise around you.

We've got to do better at taking care of players and making sure the fans get the best of the players when they're showcasing their abilities.

I like Lukaku. No matter what harsh judgement he gets, he's a good player - he's powerful and quick - but he needs more support. It's easy to criticise and judge, but he needs support give him a push to boost his confidence.