Jack Wilshere Quotes

Pep has made me understand the game more: not just how I play but also how the team has to play, because I am just a component.

John Terry has developed my game for sure.

To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork.

You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.

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.

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

As a player, I could have the ball in my hands; I could kind of dictate what happens. I'm still learning, a young coach with young players. Sometimes I'm going to see things. They're not going to see what I see. So it's being able to translate that and help them see what I'm seeing.

A captain shouldn't be chosen on the amount of goals he's going to score.

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

Zidane is a Real Madrid legend. He teaches us things in every training session - even just by playing with us.

When you're a sub, it's a game of more than 11 players starting the game.

Every coach talks to their players. Imagine not talking to Lionel Messi - that would be ridiculous.

I think all you can worry is that you make the team the very best they can be.

If I could play a game and not have to tackle, I know that I did everything right. I organized everyone the right way, read every play the right way.

To show my quarterbacks how much I believe in them, I let them pick their favorite plays that we'll run in the game. On the nights before a game we'll sit down in a hotel conference room and we'll have six third-down calls for certain distances.

I try to watch film with teammates and help them as well, so that's just part of the game, part of playing.

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

As a team-mate, the one who taught me the most was undoubtedly Fabio Cannavaro.

I need to go play the right way, listen to LeBron and be a sponge and try to soak up what he's going to tell me.

I'd like to teach my players how to play and not just run plays.

Playing every day with important players is good for a young player: you are always learning from experienced players.

Players will get you above average. To get to the elite, you need culture and leadership.

That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.

What soccer and coaching gave me was sort of a stage.