A Quote by Antonio Conte

I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football. It's important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players.

Antonio Conte

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Antonio Conte
Italian - Coach
Born: July 31, 1969

Players at the highest level have got high football intelligence, so they can adapt, but at the same time you need a structure and an idea of how you've got to play that system.

Gary Cahill

Foreign managers, sometimes it'll take them time to adapt or for the players to adapt to them. It's something that is just one of those things in football.

Danny Rose

Athletes are going to tease each other. Football players want to be baseball players. Baseball players want to be football players. Basketball players want to be baseball players, and vice versa.

Ken Griffey Jr.

I do not agree that the coach has to adapt to the players. There was a time when I thought it, but that was because I did not understand football.

Quique Setien

All managers have a different playing style and football philosophy. What's important for players is being able adapt to those different styles.

Petr Cech

I've played lacrosse players, football players, basketball players. I think that's just because of how I'm built. I look young, and I'm also a big person.

Ross Butler

We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level.

Bobby Robson

I have to know the characteristics of the players. I have to adapt myself to the characteristics of the championship and the players. Now I study my players.

Maurizio Sarri

Players have to adapt nowadays, and if you have a good football brain, if you can read the game, you can manage it.

Ashley Young

I grew up watching my Dad, Uncles Ciaran Murray and Brendan Murray, and cousin, Aedin Murray, who were all national caliber Gaelic football players in Ireland. I try to watch as much Gaelic football as I can, it is my first love. I bleed Green, White, and Orange. Gaelic football players don’t get paid to play, you play to represent your county that is more important than earning money.

Patrick Murray

I had lots of posters on my bedroom wall of players like Zico, many Brazilian and Italian players, not many players in particular but I loved football so much and I especially loved skilful players.

Emmanuel Petit

Football is much more than 1,500 N.F.L. players. You've got to realize that the N.F.L. sets the standard for young players. Whatever they see on TV, that's what football is.

Cris Collinsworth

Steve Jobs has a saying that A players hire A players; B players hire C players; and C players hire D players. It doesn't take long to get to Z players. This trickle-down effect causes bozo explosions in companies.

Guy Kawasaki

A manager can have a great idea but if the players don't understand it, or don't follow you, your idea doesn't have much use. On the other side, you can have a bad idea, but if the players are convinced it, and you transmit it well, it can work.

Pedro

Chinese players are not as naturally skilled like South American or European players, like players who learned football when they were kids. They're not good.