Dani Alves Quotes

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

I think the coaches have to play a big role in the players' development.

With Marco Silva, the way he coaches players, he has that knowledge: he wants the best out of you, basically. He wants something out of you all the time, and having seen him work in a short space of time, it's only going to improve.

I only worked with Rafa Benitez for a short time, but he's a great manager, and he showed it from the first moment he came. He worked with the players and made us a better team. He's a good person, always trying to help players out.

I have worked under several coaches and wish to appreciate each one of them. Jurgen Klopp, though, has helped me improve. He knows how to push you into performing; he knows exactly what should happen.

It was Martin O'Neill who said, 'You're a central midfielder.' He put faith into players. He was very clever at getting into players' heads, leaving little remarks to make me believe more. The players at Villa all moved up another level under him.

Hiddink really taught me a lot. We talked every day at Anzhi and I saw how he dealt with difficult situations, how he always seemed to know what the players needed. He was a great teacher. I hope I can be as successful as him.

Van Gaal is the kind of guy who can really make individual players better.

Arsene Wenger is a good coach. He has authority, and straight away, I can see he helps players with small things to make them better.

You cannot just copy and paste Carlo Ancelotti. He's been coaching for 20 years now and I have never heard a player complaining about him.

I've always been a point guard, so being a coach on the floor, I've had to connect with every one of my teammates and find ways to motivate them, find ways to build them up.

It was a great experience under Van Gaal. He gave you the confidence to go and play.

I went a week to see Mourinho at training, and another week with Guardiola. I learned from the two, I took important things from both.

The book is actually called 'A Mentor Leader, a Different Way to Lead.' It really talks about my experience in the way I tried lead our football team, things that I learned from, basically, the coaches that I played for and my parents about leadership. And it is a little bit different, counter to maybe what society says about great leaders.

I'm so grateful to Ferguson. I think he's the best there's ever been, especially his squad management skills.

The whole thing is develop players, develop them as people, develop teams.

I already worked with Van Gaal before at the Under-20 team back in 2001. He hasn't changed much as a coach since. He really stands out.

Pellegrini gave me back the joy of playing football. He is like Arsene Wenger: someone who likes to joke, someone who likes to talk and take an interest in your life.

I like Mourinho a lot. He has a good relationship with fans, and he always takes responsibility for his players.

You cannot compare Pep to any Brazilian coach. If you put all Brazilian coaches together, you would get Pep. One has motivational skills, another is tactically strong. But Pep has it all.

Guardiola can get the best out of everyone and that's why he is what he is.

Man-management is my biggest asset, to help the players enjoy themselves and be better than they already are.

I believe you have to take care of the kids from the youth team, the ones coming through, and people like Butragueno know how to do that.

When I made the transition from player to coach, I evaluated myself and saw that I needed to improve my personality. I would fight with players - literally. I was 35, and you can't be like that; you have young players to guide. You have to transmit calm.

I like Mourinho because he is intelligent. When his team are in difficulty he's very good at focussing the attention on himself.