I made my England debut against Japan in 2013. Hope Powell, our manager at the time, always demanded the best. She had quite a stern approach... She'd look at you over her glasses sometimes.
I had a lot of trouble with my coaches. Your coaches are father figures - you look to what they say. Well, the reality of it is, they are just shmucks.
Allegri is an easy coach to understand, as he doesn't like to work with stupid people.
Coach Skiles is tough. He's been my only coach in the NBA, so I'm used to it. His rules are a little different at times. At the end of the day, he just wants you to play hard defense, and you can't fault him for that.
A player senses when a coach loses confidence in him. That, more than anything, can throw a player.
I don't ever want to come in the locker room and have players in there pouting.
Marty Schottenheimer knows how to win, and that's what Redskins fans demand in a coach.
Speaking to the coach has been my number-one criterion at every club I've played for to find out what he expects from me, how he will make me improve, and that he'll play me.
