Coach-player Relations Quotes

Felix Magath works with pressure. At first, we didn't know where we stood with him. That prompted the players to give their best because they wanted to play, but after a while the players knew where they stood and Magath no longer received the same effect.

You want a coach who is going to push you and be strong and be in your corner when it's tough, but sometimes you have coaches who think they are more important than the players. That's where the conflicts come.

Now I see why everybody who plays for him doesn't like him.

I never had a problem with a coach in my life, no matter what team I've been in on.

You don't have to be popular with the players to be a good manager or coach.

If a coach isn't honest, players rumble him.

The dollar that's being paid the players has hurt the game. The players take advantage of coaches. The players' attitude is, "I make more than you, so don't tell me what to do."

As a player, I've always been interested in understanding the coaches' minds, in seeing how they made a group function.

I remember playing for coaches who seemed like military-type guys. It always rubbed me the wrong way.