When you go out on a football field, you are responsible for taking care of yourself. The more rules you get, the less players truly take care of themselves.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Football has an important role to play in society. Players should have a sense of social responsibility, have a moral dimension to them which shows up in good conduct.
In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a discipline over them.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
As a coach, when it comes to football players, we're trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we're trying to change their behavior and make them better.
To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.
As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.
Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It's hard to get rid of when you can't play anymore.
You have to take care of the ball to win football games.
I've been through a lot off the field. I think that kind of translates onto the field. Football serves for a lot of life lessons, and so it allows me to stay humble and continue to work.
In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.