Shaun Wright-Phillips Quotes

Pep is the best manager in the world. He's always looking to help me get better and improve my game.

The players is what I enjoy, the training ground, making players better and believing in themselves because you can make a difference.

I'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

It is good for a manager to believe in the ability that you've got and give you the confidence to go out and enjoy your football.

For me to be at my best, I need to do something I'm decent at, which is coach.

I have grown a lot under Ancelotti. He got the best out of me.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

I don't intimidate anyone. Instead, I try to get people to believe in themselves.

I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers.

I realized I love motivating and I love empowering and I love inspiring people. I did that as an athlete for 18 years, and I am able to do that as a motivational speaker now as well as doing work on television.

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.

'One Minute Mentoring' is written in the parable style Spencer Johnson and I popularized in 'The One Minute Manager.' It's an entertaining story about the mentorship between a young salesperson, Josh, and a seasoned executive named Diane. As the characters learn about mentoring, so does the reader.

We could all use more coaching.

I'm a fan of coaching.

I learn so much from Sean McVay every single day that I'm around him.

I've learned so much from Mourinho and love being in his team and learning new roles.

It's not difficult to manage Tevez. We had a good relationship always.

I needed to learn to be a coach initially. I think if I'd gone into professional football when I stopped playing when I was 30 years old I'd have failed because I'd have made too many mistakes because I had no real idea at that time.

Jose Mourinho and I get along well. I've lots of respect for him. He gives me a lot of confidence. After a bad game, he dares to say, 'We have played with 10 today,' but that's it. At moments like that, he leaves me alone.

I've kind of seen that I'm capable to push these guys.

Over the last few years, I've started to look more closely at the way coaches work to learn from them - not just here at the club but with the international team as well.