Dan Gilbert Quotes

When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire.

Every first-class season is important; every game is crucial, irrespective of whether you are in the Indian team or not.

The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

You have a losing team, you change the coach.

Unfortunately, in our business, it's all about the tournament when you're a good team.

Look at how a caretaker has worked for the England rugby team in the Six Nations - they've done fantastically. Everyone's got an edge. No one's sure of a place, and everyone has an incentive. So I'd back the FA if they decided not to go for a full-time manager yet.

Every team in the league is always looking to upgrade its talent.

A break in the middle of the season is good for everybody.

That's one of the things with a championship-caliber team, is how it deals with injuries.

As coaches, you want to be able to put your players in a system that's conducive to their success.

When you have a new coach, a couple new guys, and a young team, the frustrating part throughout the year is the up and down.

If you drop a player when his form dips, sometimes it never quite comes back.

If things don't go well, the manager is on his way because it's such a blow if you drop into the lower divisions.

Nobody likes to see a coaching change during the season.

When one talks about six coaches in four seasons something's wrong, something bad's going on.

I demand a lot and we look to improve, but I'm glad that Atleti are expected to be among the best every year.

In a knockout tournament, it is not really about your own performance - it is about the team.

There are some games that are very special for the fans and they are really looking forward for these games, but for us as a manager in the moment it's not in our focus.

Everybody expects you to play well, and when you don't have the results, that's tough.

You always want all good players at your team.

It's only natural that players will want to show a new manager what he can do.

When I played for Arsenal, like once per month, you always had this feeling you had to perform.

It is about building the best team you can, not just one to play in the Championship. You look short-term because you need to be competitive, that's the nature of the business. But it's exciting to have players whose potential is exciting.

When you're playing a good team, not too many point guards want to go one on one. When you're playing a not-so-good team, teams that are fighting to make the playoffs, guys are going to want to try and get their own. It's just a different read of each team.

You get a new coach; you do things a little differently.