Jeff Fisher Quotes

Playing baseball is fun. If I could play, I'd never retire. But managing is work. It's constant decisions of whose feelings you want to hurt all the time.

If you're a coach, you're a teacher.

I had many good managers: Wim Jansen, Martin O'Neill, Frank Rijkaard, and Alex Ferguson, to name just a few.

It's difficult to be a coach.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

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

You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.

Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.

I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control.

I believe one of the best things about managing people is that we can influence lives in a positive way. That's basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I am very happy.

I've had good players in my time. I really have.

When I first became a head coach, even back in Minnesota, I'm going to go with the known and leave the unknown alone.

One of my strengths is connecting with the players.

I've been the captain of my wrestling team, my college team, so to me, I've been in that leadership role for a very long time.

Naturally, managers and coaches are trying to find different ways to work.

Coaching is what I love to do, and I think I'm pretty good at it.

I've never had any complaints about my coaching ability.

I think communication is massive in football and in all sports in general.

Football management is about managing people.

Coaching the national team would be great.

Sid Lowe is someone I respect in the league. Knows the game, knows how to teach, great teacher.

It's very flattering that those who have assessed my work over the years think that I have the qualities to be an England manager.

Luiz Felipe Scolari was a good professional, a nice person, someone you could talk with before and after games. He has a lot of experience and is a good manager.

It's not an easy job being a coach.

I'm going to be the coach at Florida as long as they'll have me.