Daniel Farke Quotes

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.

Ancelotti is a great coach, and we talk often.

I respect Bielsa a lot. For me, he is a special coach. I think the best coaches in the world work in different things, and a lot of coaches, we cannot train like Bielsa. It's difficult to train like Bielsa. But every coach can learn from different coaches. But with Bielsa, I think all coaches learn something from him.

I've always wanted to work with De Zerbi, and I think he is a genius in his vision of football.

I'd have considered myself fortunate to be coached by Guardiola because he really puts his stamp on teams. He builds them, moulds them, guides them, berates them, nurtures them. He makes them great. He takes them to a higher level; a place beyond mere football.

Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.

Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.

I hadn't trained to be a coach. That takes great training. Being an assistant under a Coach Lombardi or a Tom Landry or whoever, that prepares you to do a better job when you become a coach. I hadn't received that training. It showed.

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.

Thomas Tuchel is a coach who can work in the long-term.

It's very rare to find a basketball coach that gets both: that gets the Xs and Os and also gets life.

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.

Guardiola improved me a lot as a footballer. He taught me a lot of things, and that's why, in every interview I'm asked, I always say the same thing: He is the best manager that I have worked with.

Eddie Howe was the most tactical manager I have worked under.

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.

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

You shouldn't get into coaching unless you care about the people you're leading.

Training with Guardiola is good. He's always talking to each player, trying to give them a vision of the style of football he wants to play.

I always say that if you stay with a good coach, the relationship between him and his team becomes like a family: he becomes a father with his children.

Van Gaal is the best coach I've had. We've got a very special relationship.

I think every coach brings their own personality.

In Italy, some managers want distance from the players, the Fabio Capello style, but that is not my way. I am more like Carlo Ancelotti. There are aspects of the players' behaviour I do not understand, but I want them to respect our situation. If they do that, I have a lot of respect for them, too, and I will do everything to help them.

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.

You don't know a player until you coach him.