Here are some interesting quotes from famous coaches and managers from the present and the past. The quotes show an interesting insight into the coaches philosophies on player development and the game.

1	"A great pianist doesn't run around the piano or do push ups with the tops of his fingers. To be great, he plays the piano. He plays all his life and being a footballer is not about running, push-ups or physical work generally. The best way to be a great footballer is to play"   Jose Mourinho
2	"The problem is the intensity of the ‘must-win’ attitude. The desire to win at every step, rather than develop talent, is a fundamental fault line in our game. A lot of the games at youth level are just not beneficial to development. The quality of the football is poor and the youngsters do not benefit" Trevor Brooking C.B.E F.A. Director of Football Development
3	"The face of the coach is the mirror image of the health of his players" Arsene Wenger
4	"Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much c*** talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes" Brian Clough
5	“I don't really believe in systems….I believe in the animation of a system. What makes a system work is fluidity, movement and quality of players”   Gerard Houllier
6	“The aim of education is to teach a child how to think, not what to think” Anonymous
7	“I always take photo's at every game, it freezes the moment in the game and players can learn a lot from discussing these tactical pictures….pictures are very useful to the coach” Carlos Alberto Perreira (He takes birds eye view photos  - so he can see an exact moment in the game)
8	“Sometimes you can teach a player what he is doing wrong without actually telling him or him actually knowing he is wrong” Arsene Wenger
9	“Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common goal and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know that they did it themselves” John Wooden, UCLA Basketball Coach
10	“One way communication is no way communication" Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach
11	“The will to win is important but the will to prepare is vital" Joe Paterno American Football Coach
12	“The best way to improve the team is to improve yourself" John Wooden, UCLA Basketball Coach
13	“Perhaps no skill is more important than the ability to create an environment where everyone has a clear understanding, & appreciation of, & respect for their own & each other's roles within the organisation" Phil Jackson - Basketball Coach
14	“When a team is successful it's like a rowing boat. When you get the speed up, you begin to rest on the oars and eventually the boat begins to slow down” Danny Blanchflower, Tottenham Hotspur, 1960
15	“Why should we give the solution for the children when the children can find the solution for themselves” Nico Romeijn (KNVB) (Dutch F.A.)
16	“In England there is so much talent. I am convinced that at least 20 players at Non-League level could have played as well as Thierry Henry in the Premiership if the had been exposed to the correct coaching. I think it is easier to spoil talent than to bring it to the top” Arsene Wenger
17	“All managers are frustrated players” Joe Mercer, managed various clubs in 1950's-70's
18	“Everywhere I go there are coaches and school masters, telling young boys not to do this and that and generally scaring the life out of the poo little devils. Junior Clubs playing with sweepers and one and a half men up front, no wingers, four across the middle. They are frightened to death of losing, even at their tender age, and it makes me cry” Alex Stock, ex QPR and Luton Town Manager
19	“Passion is the most over worked word and excuse in English football. Control is the key to winning. Fire in the bellies is all very well but you need ice in the head too” Bill Beswick, Sports Psychologist
20	“Unlike the Brazilians we start to look for faults as soon as we recognise a player's skill. I've had it pushed down my throat ever since I was a kid. Of course the runners an tacklers are part of the game, but people don't have a go at them if they can't play 40 yard balls or go past three men at a time. They don't expect them to do things skilful players are good at….. That is the way we are in England and maybe it's part of the reason Brazil do a bit more than us at International Level” Glenn Hoddle, ex Spurs and England midfielder, 1981 ex Swindon, Chelsea, Southampton and England manager
21	“You play nineteen-twentieths of the game without the ball and that's when you do your thinking. That's when you do your real playing. Any clown can play with the ball when he's got it. It's the good fellows who get into position to receive” Spurs manager 1930's
22	“We are breeding a number of teams whose outlook seems to be that pace, punch and fitness are all that is required to win the honours in the game. They forget that, without pure skills, these virtues count for precisely nothing” Sir Matt Busby, ex Manchester United Manager
23	“I have yet to see a great football team made up of ninety-minute triers. The 1954 Hungarians, the 1958 Brazilians, and the brilliant club teams like Real Madrid, included many players who would be damned in English eyes for disappearing for spells during a game. Puskas, Pele, Didi and Garrincha all do it, yet each has sufficient skills to win a match in ten minutes or less” Jimmy McIlroy, Burnley and Northern Ireland , 1960
24	“It isn't always the best players that get into my squad” Sir Alf Ramsey
25	“I'll never compromise my ideals, whichever division I'm in. I tell the boys to try to play like Pele” Ossie Ardiles (when manager of Swindon Town )
26	"Luck is what happens when preparation and organisation meet opportunity" Pat Riley