Best player & managers Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries.”

Individual Goal Worry Player Team Losing Managers Discouraging Individual Goals

Author:Al Lopez

“The manager is by himself. He can't mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players, but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you.”

Kind Rooms Four Player Wall Managers Enjoyed Hotel Me Alone Hotel Rooms Alone Time Four Walls

Author:Al Lopez

“You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player.”

Knows Years Helping Sports Numbers Player Coaches Managers Dozen

Author:Robin Yount

“People come to see the players. Nobody ever bought a ticket to see a manager.”

People Player Managers Tickets

Author:Larry Goetz

“I know as a manager you have to abide by the chairman's decisions. But his decisions were this team, that team, this player, that player. The chairman is a control freak.”

Knows Decision Player Team Managers Freak Chairman Inspirational Team Control Freak

Author:Paul Gascoigne

“Managers are never 100 percent in control. You're at the mercy of the players. When you're a player, you're driving. I'm the navigator. I hardly ever think about driving anymore, unless there's two out in the bottom of the ninth.”

Thinking Two Player Percent Mercy Bottom Driving Managers Navigators

Author:Dusty Baker

“I always said to the directors that the minute a player becomes more powerful than the manager of Manchester United, it's not Manchester United. You have lost control of the whole club. So I always made sure that I was in control. They always knew who the manager was.”

Made Said Whole Lost United Powerful Player Minutes Directors Clubs Managers Manchester Manchester United

Author:Alex Ferguson

“I have only been here since 1996 but between 1966 and 1996 England had thirty years without foreign players and didn't win any more competitions in that time.”

Years Winning Player Football England Competition Managers Soccer Thirty Chairman Thirty Years

Author:Arsene Wenger

“I just hope he doesn't frighten the players 'cos they're frigtened enough right now.”

Enough Player Football Right Now Managers Soccer Chairman

Author:Roy Keane

“What happened in the United changing room has happened to me 50 times in my career. I have kicked bottles of mineral water, bags and shoes but I never hit a player. It's a question of technique, and the Scots must have a better technique.”

Water United Rooms Careers Player Happened Football Shoes Technique Managers Soccer Bags Bottles Chairman Minerals Scots Mineral Water

Author:Marcello Lippi

“I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started.”

Giving Wanted Games Player Advice Football Managers Soccer Chairman

Author:Ron Atkinson

“We had probably our best ever Player of the Year Dance last week. You elected Dennis Wise as Player of the Year. Dennis accepted his award mimicking Vialli, whereupon Zola shouted 'Speak English', Dennis switched to his normal Cockney voice only for Zola to shout 'You're still not speaking English'.”

Years Stills Lasts Speak Voice Wise Player Week Football Normal Accepted Managers Soccer Awards Chairman Speak English Mimicking Best Ever Zola Cockneys

Author:Ken Bates

“The black players at this club lend the side a lot of skill and flair, but you also need white players to balance things up and give the team some brains and common sense.”

Needs Giving Sides Black White Common Brain Player Team Football Balance Skills Clubs Common Sense Managers Soccer Chairman Flair

Author:Ron Noades

“Over analyse, paralyse, you mustn't over analyse... Do you wake up at four in the morning and wonder who should be playing left-back? Four? I would love to sleep that long. If you want a really long career you have to find a way of switching off. I do it when I'm out walking my dog, Alex Ferguson got into horses, others get into wine. Some players like going shopping, which is not my scene. A lot of them turn to golf. I tried it, didn't like it. I have to walk. If I couldn't I'd be in a padded cell by now.”

“Good players win you games, good formations stop you losing them.”

Games Winning Player Football Losing Managers Soccer Chairman Formation

Author:Gordon Strachan

“If it is the case that you need just a first 11 and three or four more players, then why did Christopher Columbus sail to India to discover America?”

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Author:Claudio Ranieri

“This is a game between players from 12 national sides, a game that if you have a friend in China, in Brazil, in Qatar...in half the world he wants to watch. I was thinking of this game when I signed for Chelsea.”

Ifs Thinking World Want Games Sides Half Watches Player Football China Managers Soccer Chairman Brazil Chelsea Qatar

Author:Luiz Felipe Scolari

“Drogba is a fighter. He is the kind of player I would say 'With you I could go to every war.'”

Kind War Player Football Fighter Managers Soccer Chairman Drogba

Author:Jose Mourinho

“If Ashley Cole is ready we have 15 players for the final. I'll have to choose between Hilario, who's not bad playing forward or I'll bring in one of the kids.”

Ifs Kids Player Football Ready Finals Managers Soccer Chairman Ashley

Author:Jose Mourinho

“I asked the players: 'Do you want to enjoy the game? Or do you want to enjoy after the game?' The players told me they wanted to enjoy after the game so I said: 'OK, then we will enjoy after the game'.”

Want Said Wanted Games Enjoy Player Football Managers Soccer Chairman

Author:Jose Mourinho

“A player who dives and wins a penalty in Portugal, or Spain or Italy is considered clever, experienced, cunning, someone who understands the game. In England a player who wins a penalty like that is a cheat.”

Games Winning Player Football England Clever Managers Soccer Penalties Cheat Spain Cunning Chairman Portugal

Author:Jose Mourinho

“England are very light up front. Eriksson's decision not to include Jermaine Defoe can be declared an error of judgment, regardless of Rooney's situation. The Swede should have forgone one of his nine midfield players; much will have to go wrong for Jermaine Jenas to get a game.”

Should Light Games Decision Situation Player Fronts Football Judgment Should Have England Errors Nine Managers Soccer Chairman Light Up Rooney

Author:Matt Dickinson

“There is something about Game 7 that there's a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or a manager or a player or a goaltender that gets it done, because to me, that's all part of sports. That's what you dream about when you're a little kid - scoring the winning goal.”

Want Littles Done Dream Kids Games Winning Sports Goal Memories Player Coaches Managers Hockey Little Kid Nhl Get It Done

Author:Mike Babcock

“One thing I learned in the NBA is that the No. 1 job of a general manager is to keep his job. They are only 30 positions where you make millions and hang around with basketball players all day.”

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Author:Mark Cuban

“When you look back you talk about legends of the game, he's certainly up there. Twenty trophies since 1994. He just seems to get better and better. I've had the honour of playing alongside him. The four years I've played alongside him, he is the best player, one of the first names on the manager's teamsheet. He is just a complete legend. There are not enough players like Paul Scholes around any more for my liking. 'Legend' is over-used but this guy is right up there with the very best.”

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Author:Dwight Yorke

“I have heard of managers who encourage players not to slide hard for fear they will get hurt and be lost from the lineup for a time. That is why you occasionally see a player go into second base on a double-play ball and not even bother to slide. I wonder, could Ty Cobb sit though plays like that and hold his lunch?”

Hard Play Lost Hurt Wonder Player Heard Balls Managers Bother Lunch Slides

Author:Frank Robinson

“The analysis of statistics is a big part of the modern game, and it's important as a modern manager to embrace areas that can help your team and players improve.”

Important Helping Bigs Games Player Team Modern Areas Embrace Managers Analysis Statistics

Author:Brendan Rodgers

“Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly.”

Ifs Lines Decision Player Coaches Violent Managers Umpires Profane Coaches And Players

Author:Jim Evans

“During the final two weeks of training, our students work simulated game situations in which our staff members role-play as players, managers, and coaches. They are given immediate feedback following each camp game.”

Two Play Games Given Situation Roles Player Week Students Members Training Finals Following Coaches Managers Camps Staff Feedback Two Weeks Staff Members

Author:Jim Evans

“It's just a natural progression. You're a player, then you're a coach, then you're general manager for the team, and then the next logical step for me and you would be [to become] team owner.”

Would Be Next Natural Steps Player Team Coaches Managers Owners Logical Progression General Manager

Author:Zakk Wylde

“I'm so happy to be joining Arsenal, a club which has a great manager, a fantastic squad of players, huge support around the world and a great stadium in London.”

World Support Player Huge Clubs London Around The World Managers Fantastic Great Men Joining Stadiums Arsenal Squad Great Managers

Author:Alexis Sanchez

“At the end of day, a player needs the confidence of the manager, the support of the fans and to enjoy the game.”

Needs Ends Games Enjoy Support Player Fans Managers The End Of The Day

Author:Luis Garcia

“I always got on well with Roberto Mancini and never had a problem with him. Every manager has their own way of working, tactics, and style of play. As a player, you do what the manager says. There are misunderstandings, but generally, everything was fine under Mancini.”

Way Wells Play Problem Player Style Fine Managers Misunderstanding Tactics

Author:Sergio Aguero

“A pitching coach is a manager's best friend. He's handling 12 out of the 25 players on the team.”

Player Team Coaches Managers Pitching

Author:Lou Piniella

“I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.”

Player Response Managers Great Men Great Managers

Author:Casey Stengel

“Players only understand substitutions when they become managers.”

Player England Managers Substitution

Author:Bobby Robson

“Me walk away? What? Never. I always believe that I am the best manager in the world. Why should I have to walk out? I have been working 24 hours a day. The players have to adapt to me, to one person. I cannot be a fake Di Canio.”

World Should Believe Persons Has Beens Hours Walks Player Managers Fake Should I Always Believe I Am The Best Best Manager

Author:Paolo Di Canio

“I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.”

Way Years Bigs Levels Player Baseball Bottom Managers My Way League Lowest Dodgers

Author:Tommy Lasorda

“Once we get out on the road, my tour manager who is also my guitar player does a great job of taking weight off of my shoulders where I can just focus on playing the shows.About two hours before every show, the pacing starts and the anticipation builds. I prepare for it just like I would when I used ride bulls, slap yourself in the face, wake yourself up and get your heart going.”

Heart Doe I Can Two Shows Jobs Faces Used Hours Focus Player Weight Guitar Shoulders Managers Anticipation Bulls Slap Guitar Player Great Job Pacing

Author:Cody Johnson

“It's not just the manager who makes the decision, it's the player who makes the decision. They both decide fifty-fifty to make a decision.”

Decision Player Managers Fifty Netherlands

Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy

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