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People usually think that it is the coach who has to raise the spirits of his players; that it is the coach who has to convince his footballers; that it is his job to take the lead all the time. But that's not always the case.

In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.

There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death. If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I'm not that way, and it keeps me steady.

As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.

I don't want to lose myself in football and that's what a coach has to do to be successful.

I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.

You can't win unless you have good people with great attitude. They are the ones who won the games. I didn't win any games. You never saw a coach make a tackle anywhere. My philosophy was to get the best players and then try to do something new with them.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.