Colin Kaepernick Quotes

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 have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?

My job as a coach is to make good decisions. It's not to go out there and block or tackle.

I just coach and get my guys ready.

There's a lot I need to improve on. YAC, which I'm last in. Being a better leader. Not getting frustrated when things aren't going my way.

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

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.

It's not always the player that's talking in the dressing room that becomes a good manager. It's a feeling that you need to develop, it's a feeling that needs to grow on you.

The way that I prepare, the way that I play, the way that I like to speak to the lads or manage situations is the way that I do things.

I have a lot of power. Here, I can decide: training at six in the morning! Training 11 in the night! But my style is not to impose. I would like to convince the players of what they are doing. This takes more time.

Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.

To lead a group of players is to lead a group of people with different ways of thinking. You have to be prepared for that and know more than just about football. You have to speak a lot to the players, have to make them feel what you expect of them. Have to convince them. Therefore, it's very important for a coach to have a life outside football.

The decisions you make are based on what you think is better for the team and the player.

Sometimes a manager can only do so much, as in prepare a team, and then the team have to go out there and perform.

That's the whole part of playing football and having training camp. Coming in and recognizing how players play.

I believe I am a player that can organise the game well for my team.

It's hard to be the point guard, especially playing with a young team.

A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.

I work every year with my players towards improving ourselves and growing in terms of the way we play. The psychological aspect and the management of human resources are also very important.

It's about what the players are doing. My job is facilitate that. My job is to put them in positions to succeed. My job is to listen to their ideas, take them if they're good, quietly push them to the side if they're not. My job is to help them grow.

A quarterback should be leaders of the team.

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

The key is having great players. But there are a lot of teams that have All-Stars and haven't been able to put it together.