Player Trust Quotes

You can be the best manager in the world, but if the players don't trust you, it will never work.

It is always good for a player when a manager believes in you.

Am I going to be good enough, because I don't have head-coaching experience outside of high school football? I've been around a lot of great head coaches in my career, but you begin to doubt. And, for me, it was the doubt of, 'Are the players going to believe me?'

From LeBron's standpoint, if a guy like Kyrie walks away - that creates doubt. But Kyrie committed right away, and that's a major statement about his faith in us.

I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open.

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

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

It's amazing the things you hear from your players talking to them one on one. I never embarrassed a player, I spoke with him alone.

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.

I believe in our players. That's why they're here. I also know slumping is part of baseball. What's surprising is sometimes when it lasts awhile, for really good players when it lasts awhile.

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

I have confidence in my players around me - my offensive line, my running backs, my wide receivers, and the defense and special teams.

It can be lonely as a manager out there. You are on the field, yes, but you are not really on the field with them. Yet I have to share with my players my experiences and my knowledge.

You can only really yell at the players you trust.

The Porto players were with me for two and a half years, they believed in me, in my methods, in the way we do it. The next day I go and a manager arrives who works completely differently.

I believe in our players, our coaching staff, and our entire franchise.

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

I talk to the players, either individually or as a group, what I'm feeling, and I think the players appreciate that. And I think they respond to that.

I have been in football a long time, and Wayne Rooney has been in football a long time. He would regard me as someone who is very false if I ever said to him, 'Your place is guaranteed.' He would not expect it, and I would be very upset anyway if anyone asked me to give them a guarantee of a place.

I love Coach Zimmer. He's a tough head coach who stands behind his players 100 percent.

When your teammates trust you to make the right play, your confidence is building as every game goes on.

Coming here to Liverpool, with the history of playing young players, it was the place to go to if I was to move. They've not let me down.

We're all smart enough to figure out Xs and Os - it's basketball, it's not advanced calculus. But the most important thing is can you get your message across to players? Do they believe in you, and do they want to compete for you?

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.

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.