Soccer Leadership Quotes

In July 2011, U.S. Soccer announced that they'd fired Bob Bradley and hired Jurgen Klinsmann as head coach. Jurgen had once been a world-class German striker; now he was regarded as a successful, if controversial, coach.

I am excited to bring my deep knowledge, passion and expertise of soccer in this country to The New York Cosmos. They truly represent where this sport is headed on a national and international level, and I want to make history with them.

I have no ambition to become Germany coach.

As far as I'm concerned, it's just my mum getting it out there saying she wants her son to be England captain.

I was approached by Sue Campbell to give my thoughts on whether I'd be interested in being the next head coach of the women's national team. Straight away, I was unbelievably excited and honoured to be approached by Sue.

I have a lot of experience at Under-21 level, so hopefully that can show in my performances.

I have a profound respect for Juan Carlos Osorio. I think he did an amazing job with the Mexican national team.

I think Falcao is one of the best strikers because of the way he plays, more than simply being a player with a lot of class, to define a game, a style of play. He's proven that he's a player who works hard; he's very strong both tactically and technically.

It's an incredible privilege to be the England manager, but when you sit and think about the people who have got to this point before, people I hugely respect and admire... it's difficult to put it into perspective, really.

Mano Menezes is a fantastic coach, but Scolari is a fantastic coach, too, as well as being more experienced.