It's part of the beauty of the job in dealing with this is you have to have a plan, and that's why you can't only train 11 players; you train your whole team.
With a national team, you've just got to be even more focused on what's most important because the time you've got with the players is limited.
I just coach and get my guys ready.
I don't believe that playing video games in the locker room is part of earning the right to win.
I've tried to do everything possible to prepare myself and prepare our football team to be great.
I think all you can do is prepare properly for every game but you also have to be realistic. Be realistic about what you are as a team.
I went into coaching never worrying about what I was coaching for other than trying to make sure that I can prepare my team, select my team, have an amazing staff around me.
We have to stay in shape to compete against so many great players. You want to give your franchise, your team's owner, the best chance to win every Sunday.
It is always tough, always difficult playing against Klopp's teams.
When we are in possession, tactically, he is the best coach in the world for me. He works hard, watches a lot of games, and prepares us really well. Guardiola has the feeling for gaping spaces, and he already had that as a player.
I didn't think I was going to play that day. I'd have to thank the training staff for getting me on the field that day. They made a bigger deal than I thought it was.
I resigned from captaincy because I wanted the new captain to get enough time for preparing a team before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
Every case is different, but what I want to do first and foremost at Southend is to get the players up to speed.
One thing I've learned from all my time with Team Canada is that they're very, very prepared so knowing that's part of the DNA of Team Canada, you have to be prepared with whatever area your responsibility belongs to.
Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.
Whenever a team has three weeks to prepare, and it's an excellent coach and coaching staff and great players, you've got to work on it all.
We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.
In training camp, you know what each person is doing.
I went to Kentucky to be a better player.
I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass.
I don't ever take an extended period off between minicamp and the start of training camp.
Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
What I've been telling everyone that loves Carolina football is that we are going to put a team out there that, number one, is in good shape. We're going to be fit, we are going to be able to play the whole game and we're not going to poop out.
You do everything you can to be successful. You know that you have to win games. It's a must. So you do the things that put your guys in the best position to be successful schematically.
