Didier Deschamps Quotes

Daniel Farke is so good, a man-manager - he is calm but he can shout if he thinks I'm not working.

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.

If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around.

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

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

I'd like to think that every captain around the world has a vision of how they want their teams to play and most of them are allowed to take their teams forward in their own way.

The manager picks the team and the team has got to go out and do its best.

I think, in international cricket, your management is about motivating players.

When you work, you know you can have some problem with the players. This is normal because the manager wants the players to work hard, play well, and the players should understand this.

Arsene knows what he wants and knows how to get the best out of you - that is why he gets such an impressive response from his players.

What I like about Scolari is his personality. He is a firm guy in his words - if you are not playing well, you'll be benched, but if you are benched and training well, then you will get your opportunity.

I look at the group I've got and then I decide what strengths and weaknesses they have and then I formulate an appropriate way the players can work in order to be collectively successful.

I have to put my team in a good situation.

I know how to get the best out of the players.

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

I feel that a great coach is one that has a vision, sets a plan in place, has the right people in place to execute that plan and then accepts the responsibility if that plan is not carried out.

Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about.

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.

A coach coaches. That's what he does. That's what he's good at. He's not managing people. He manages his players, but that's different.

It starts with me. I have to get the team in the right play and throw the ball where it's supposed to go.

Guy Lewis was all about efficiency. He was a great motivator. He got real talent and taught his players how he wanted them to play: hard and aggressive!

As manager of Tianjin Quanjian every day, every week, I have to give our players everything I have.

The most important thing is that you can make tough decisions, discipline people when you need to, but also create a spirit to get the ultimate thing you're aiming for, which is winning enough games.

You can be the best manager in the world, but if the players don't trust you, it will never work.

Man-management is my biggest asset, to help the players enjoy themselves and be better than they already are.