Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

In a way, the manager plays as big part, but you, as a player, are on the pitch. He cannot make you run if you don't want to; he cannot make you make the right decision in the heat of the moment.

A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.

Always, you miss all the players when they are injured.

Playing with people like Cesc Fabregas makes it easy for you. He will talk to you and talk you through games.

Many things are necessary if you want to win games.

Starting games with the French national team helped me bounce back when it was getting difficult with Arsenal.

I love to have the ball. That's why I play soccer, and we have a great coach who has this kind of view, he sees everything, and I just want to help as much as I can, on the pitch and off the pitch.

The game is not won by a pep talk on Saturday. It's won by preparation of your club from Monday until game time. If they're not ready on Saturday, you're not going to get them ready by trying to inspire them with a dog-eat-dog sermon on that day.

It's the same thing I have been doing since I was 5, playing the game of football. Going out there when my number is called and trying to make plays.

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.

When the manager asks me to play somewhere, I play there. But my best position is midfield.

That's what tournament football's all about. It's about finding your feet in the first game, finding what works, and gaining confidence.

I had some pretty good teachers. I learned how to play the game the right way.

If you prepare well and you play smart, there's times you'll dirt the ball or throw it away if you feel it's not there, but there's other times when you have to be aggressive and let your guys make plays.

In baseball, you have to remain calm, cool, and collected. In football, you can let out a little anger sometimes. It was a fun game, and I liked it, but I knew in my heart I was going to play baseball.

It is difficult to click your fingers and say, 'Right, go and play that formation now.'

It's not good to have so many key players injured, but there is no point complaining about it.

We know that if we play our game and execute, then we are going to have a lot of success.

There's a cumulative effort within the course of a game, a series, and a season, too, where you see so many pitches and have so many at-bats that you can wear down an opponent. Once you develop that reputation as a club, year after year, players come in, and they tend to fit in with that profile.

You have to do the tactics to win games because if you have good organisation and know what to do, you'll know where the weaknesses are in the opponent.

Some days, you don't score, but then you have to make sure you don't concede.

As a quarterback, your job is to move the football and win games, to be a leader on the field.

Sometimes the ball isn't always going to bounce your way. But you've got to find a way to affect the game.

I just love being involved in the game and the high-pressure situations and it probably brings the best out of me.

The most important thing in Guardiola's theory is to play football, and this always stays the same. The basic idea is always the same, but different opponents offer different space which you can use to play in.