I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I know the people expect the best - good. The people expect we'll play fantastic football and win games - good. I can't control that. I accept that, and I just focus on my players in the games.
If a player demonstrated that he is the best, and a team decides, even so, we don't want to pay him, as in any other business, he should be able to play elsewhere.
I want my team to win and to be the best player I can possibly be.
I give everything I have every time I take the ball. With that, I also know that there will always be a risk of injury when playing this game that I love.
You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.
A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.
I believe in giving more than 100% on the field, and I don't really worry about the result if there's great commitment on the field. That's victory for me.
Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else. To me, it was important to be able to chew out a player for screwing up and for him to accept it because he knew I liked him anyway.
For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can't all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That's where you set your goal.
You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?