Per Mertesacker Quotes

I think that when I start a season, I speak with my players, and I always talk about education and respect. And I demand this, but I give this.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.

The head coach tells us what to do, and we follow his orders.

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.

I have a lot of respect for tough coaches.

As a coach, you never take your foot of the gas when it comes to enforcement of your culture.

I always accept the decisions of the coach.

If your best players are taking a shortcut, they're going to have problems holding everyone else accountable and responsible.

The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don't ask questions.

As head coach, I try to give clear role clarity, instil structure and create an environment in which players can excel.

A captain has to be able to look a player in the eye before he starts his run-up or goes out to bat.

When your kids disappoint you, you tell them off; you don't give them some chocolate, do you? You treat players similar to how you treat your kids, really.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.

If I were on the field, I'd want the manager sticking up for me. Sometimes players are dead wrong, ranting and raving, but you stick up for them. They appreciate that.

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a different area and different category on the field.

Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job, things happen.

My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.

Tom Coughlin is great with the players and he is what you see with the media. He's a good guy and he's a fun guy, but at the same time he's a serious guy when it comes to winning and it comes to football.

I find young kids. I enjoy coaching and enjoy making them better players.

As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.

I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard and to do things the right way, just as a football team must train.