Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Jill Ellis - Page 2

It's important that our team has confidence.

Especially in the States, at every level - whether it's collegiate, whether it's our professional league - we need more women in coaching, 100 percent.

I don't read social media.

My whole British culture in growing up is still with me for sure. I'm very grateful for that.

I'm an American except when I'm in the supermarket or at the candy store.

You coach to coach. You don't coach to satisfy media, satisfy fans.

You have to be able to adjust with the moment, whether it's an injury, a result.

Coming out of 2015, I just realized it's OK not to look perfect. It's OK to make sure that your players remain in that bubble, stay focused and true to who we are, and keep the belief internally.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

We have to constantly be looking to improve.

I had zero opportunity to play football over the years.

When we went into 2015, we had our way of playing, and we were fairly rigid in what we were doing.

World Cups aren't moments to invest in players.

I get a text every day from my dad: 'Enjoy the challenge.'

I have been a Man United lass since I was seven.

I never thought I'd end up coaching. It wasn't the plan.

What I know about Ali Krieger is no moment is ever going to be too big for her.

It's incumbent on you to play games outside your region that will really test you. That's important to keep your edge.

I think people get hung up on starters and 11s, and that number kind of rings through a lot of media's heads.

I grew up playing in the schoolyard with the boy, and on the side of the grounds my dad coached on. I have a lot of fond memories.

You've got to turn over every stone; you've got to look for every advantage. You need to make sure you're doing everything you possibly can, not just on the field but off it, to give your team an advantage - from having a sleep expert coming to talk to your team to having an independent analysis of your team done.

You don't go into coaching if you're not willing to step into that moment and go, 'OK, this is what it's going to take, and this is why you do it.' Everything hinges on winning and losing, right?

One of the things we recognized coming out of 2015 is we had to get more and more high-level competition.

I was a Pompey lass - I can't say I supported Pompey all the time.

I have a lot of fond memories of my life in England.

Opportunity only knocks so many times.

I took a $40k pay cut to leave my technical copywriter job and work for $6k a year.

If a team has multiple looks, it's so hard to stand in front of your team and say, 'This is the scouting report. This is what you have to prepare for.'

I think that what we did in 2015 as a team was phenomenal, and I think in, now, 2019, we have similar players but a lot of different players.

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.

I haven't seen many pretty games in a World Cup.

When you have a group of players with self-belief... nine times out of 10, players can be very talented to make the roster, but they need that quality, and it is pivotal at a World Cup.

I grew up in a military family, and my dad was gone for long periods of time. Families make it work because you know you care for each other.

Sometimes it is the mentality that is really important. To have players with self-belief makes my job a lot easier, as they are certainly motivated and hungry.

You can't just live cautiously, I think, when you're in a knockout game.

Coaches understand that pressure is part of the rush of coaching. The challenge of trying to outplay your opponent is part of the fun, the adrenaline, the preparation, seeing your team evolve. It's why coaches become coaches.

When you weigh putting a player in with 10 minutes left in a game, and they know their role on a set piece, and the moment doesn't get too big for them, those are the pieces you just - you can't buy that experience.

You spend a lot of time as a coach going through every possible scenario. That's the kind of level of depth and versatility you have to go through. When I did that, things started to really fall into place.

World Cups are about winning.