Coaching Decision Quotes

The further I get away from coaching, the more I know I made the right decision. You almost forget how wonderful family life is.

I signed a contract with Phil Jackson, the man who has more championship rings, as far as I know, than anybody else. He was the best guy we thought we could find to run the New York Knicks.

I became a starter in Portland, and then I lost my spot, but for what reason? It wasn't explained to me. I thought it was unfair.

I spoke with Van Gaal, and he said that I only had a one per cent chance of playing in my position, so I headed to Bayer.

You go the whole distance as a player, the last thing you probably want is the coach to say, 'Okay, you've gone this far, I'm going to take you out.'

It was a big-time change, coming off the bench.

It definitely would be an honor to be an All-Star. But I have no say in it. It's not up to me. It's up to the fans and coaches.

I'll make changes at receiver before I make a change at the quarterback.

I really wasn't expecting to fall so hard for Phil. As a matter of fact, when my dad said he was talking to Phil Jackson about him coming to L.A. to coach the Lakers, I tried to argue against it.

I'd never switch to man-to-man unless we were able to play good man-to-man. Ever.

If you're a quarterback and you keep throwing interceptions, you change quarterbacks.

My biggest benching was before the 2012 Olympics. It kind of came out of nowhere. I just kind of had one bad half, 45 minutes, and it pretty much cost me my starting spot.

I have no desire to coach basketball.

The Reeves Nelson debacle, that hurt me. There are certain things regarding him that I couldn't say then and still can't. But I should have pulled the plug on him after his sophomore year. We tried to make it work, but we couldn't make it happen.

I took a leave of absence for a year to coach at San Francisco State under Vic Rowen, fully intending to go back to high school.

I never wanted to become a coach.

If people feel 4-4-2 is the way forward in international football, they'll have to wait until I'm out of a job.

I went to West Ham and I had a manager that played me out of position. To be honest with you it was very tough to take.

I went to University of Illinois team camp. And that was a big deal for me. I got MVP of the camp, but they offered another kid from the camp, which was fine. I laughed with the couple coaches I know who were there at the time, who were part of recruiting the other guy.

After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years in the league, am I that stupid that I would put four forwards and one defenseman in a 3-3 tie, in the third period? I think everybody that knows me here knows I"m not that stupid. I might be halfway stupid, but not that stupid.

I have no intention of coaching Boca Juniors, and no-one from the club has approached me to do so.

I thought I was doing very well at Florida. Then I get suspended. Then my head coach tells me to transfer.

Carlo Ancelotti wanted me in Madrid and had bet on me.

I am not going to go back into coaching, just to go back into coaching. It has to be the right situation. And I don't know what the right situation consists of.

I'm not sure if I'm going to get into coaching. I'm sure I'll stay in soccer somehow.