Andy Pick Quotes

Ultimately, good players need to play and they don't always at a young age in England.

Of course that's Ajax development, giving young players a chance.

The quality of our academy system is very high, as good as anything in the world. Around the country, lots of people in youth development are keen to get together and find a solution to that 17-to-21 age bracket and how we get those players playing.

I think that's the philosophy of all top teams - to educate young, top players and to give them the possibility to play.

The problem in Sweden is that, when the players are younger, they are not allowed to develop their own style and skills.

Our job is to find players younger, where they are able to play from 11 years old and grow up playing the game. Rather than, you start playing when you are 17 or 18 and you don't get the opportunity to do anything with your career.

Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.

Let's face it. There is no setup in Pakistan to train and groom young players at the grassroots level in different sports. Those of us who did make a name for ourselves and became champions did it with our own initiative - there was no academy to back us till we reached a certain level on our own.

Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.

I think the age of 27 to 28 is ideal for the Salvadoran player to play qualifiers. That's why we've brought players who are between 23 and 24. I think in three years, they'll be well-armed to play qualifiers.

It's every manager's dream, I suppose, to build a team by coaching young players of 15 to 17. That's why I started a youth scheme.

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

We'll have clinics and educational events and conferences to get more and more young players developing as hockey players.

It's very important that Manchester United have four or five young players every year from the youth system.

It is going to be difficult for the West Indies to get back to the top, but we got to start somewhere, and if playing young players is the way we have decided to go, these young players must be given the chance to mature and develop and not be discarded at an early age.

The challenge for young players is always stepping into the next level in terms of how much faster the game is.

Just like all young players, there is a difference between being involved and just participating.

When you go through the youth system you're always going in to do analysis work, looking at every way of improving and your coaches are always on top of you.

Arsenal have a history of bringing through youngsters, giving them opportunities, and turning them into world-class players.

I'm really excited by this opportunity to continue helping develop and work with some of the great young players we have coming through in the first-team environment and to work alongside Unai and his coaching team to help Arsenal win trophies.

Liverpool give young players a good opportunity.

Germany, when you're a young player, is the best. There are lots of young talents here, and people have faith in them.

You don't want to push your young players too much.

My first target is not to win: it's to develop young players with our work. That was my first idea when I started as a coach, because with this work come results.

There is a big emphasis at Liverpool to have an academy that brings through young players.