Team Training Quotes

It's part of the beauty of the job in dealing with this is you have to have a plan, and that's why you can't only train 11 players; you train your whole team.

For me, sitting there, watching them pass the ball, watching them train - you want to be around good players.

The American professional schedule gives players a six-month off-season, so many of us have become pickup regulars while training without an organized team.

I've seen the facilities in Barcelona, and they are second to none. The women train with the men's team, and the facilities are out of this world.

When teams train now, it is about what they do with the ball and, if they lose it, how quickly they press to win it back.

It's difficult when you don't take part in team training and have to train alone.

Germany is where I had to become a true professional. They play in big games when they are young. We could model some of our soccer system after what they do.

One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.

I learned a lot under Jurgen Klopp, even when I wasn't playing I was training with the lads every day and my game was still developing. I understood every decision he made and as a player you have got to respect that.

On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.

It's impossible to replace him. You will not find another Messi, but you can train a team without having the best in the world.

I trained with some great keepers at college, alongside full-grown men, and it helped me 100%.

When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.

When I first joined Manchester City, I was not 100 per cent fit.

I get to work out with Eli Manning and NFL guys daily, couldn't ask for anything more.

The one thing that young coaches should do is if there is an NBA team in your area, get to training camp and see the coaching that goes on.

I think it's an extremely important factor to have your team together. It goes back to having distractions. When you all stay together for a period of time you're not training people or feeling out different personalities.

I have gone from training by myself to having a team of professional people that have been building athletes for years.

It's really fun doing the 'Celtic Warrior Workouts,' as it just gives the fans a chance to see how we train.

I work out in the morning before I join group training sessions with the team.

I think I worked out in my head it's something like 75 training sessions before you've got them pretty well drilled. You're not going to get that in international football so you're relying on their intelligence and the ability of the players to slot in.

I like it when the team is training very well, when they are trying to improve, and I like it also when they have fun.

I come here to be coach of Manchester City and train these players. That's the reason I am here.

As a big man you may struggle to get much height when jumping for a ball - but by training with your defender team-mates you can develop a technique for making strong challenges in the air, making defenders uncomfortable and work on taking the ball down.