Graeme Souness Quotes

In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a discipline over them.

Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team

I don't think we've got a discipline problem. It's the players who are thick who are causing the problems

There are weaknesses that you have to understand and it takes a lot of discipline for the players to be able to play it effectively and have confidence in what they're doing.

Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?

The attacking capacity of a team is the fruit of the work of the manager and of the quality of the players.

As far as Sao Paulo are concerned, I've never played for a club as well-structured as this.

There was one time when we were getting beat at Highbury, and our assistant manager Pat Rice came in shouting. Arsene, in front of all of us, just went 'Pat! Sit down and be quiet!'

Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year.

I think the fitness of players is the key to success. I believe that there should be no place of unfit players in the team because the fit players also start becoming lazy seeing their routine. Having teamwork capabilities is also very important as there comes a lot of times where you have to think beyond your own interest to upkeep the national interest.

Jose Mourinho knows how to control to big players in the dressing room, to control egos. He's done it all his life and knows how to work it into the team.

If there is a really good player at U16 level who disrespects the coach, if you then say: 'You can go somewhere else then. That is not how we do things here.' That would be powerful.

Everyone's system in the NBA makes sense. It all comes down to the quality of player and the quality of execution.

Business is a battlefield. You need to be able to go to battle with your team members. Like the military. Know them, trust them, and know who you're working with.

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

I like young players when they are still open to learn and behave normally, not driving a Porsche after three matches in the first team.

It's all about the qualities of the players. The better the players, the easier it is for the manager.

The last thing you want to see is your great players in the press box or in the locker room.

It's not always the fault of the manager when a player is not performing well, I can tell you.

You can't manage every footballer the same. Of course you'd love to, but it doesn't work like that. We're not robots.

I have worked with some of the most important players, like Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Kaka, Zidane, but the best are easy to work with because they are so professional. Their winning mentality, professionalism, helps the manager. Of course, sometimes I become angry, but usually my relationship with the players is calm.

The more better players we have at Barcelona, the better it is for the team and coach.

This is the Italian national team; there's no need to give caps away. If the coach calls up certain players, it's because he's convinced they can give a big hand, and that's why I'm here.

Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.

It is hard to ignore that is reality. But, at the same time, it still comes down to sound baseball decisions, farm systems and then execution on the field by the players. There are a lot of components to that (other) than just saying it is the highest salary.