A Quote by Frank Rijkaard

I understand very well that if you are a national coach, you want to use all the opportunities that you have to meet up with your team. — © Frank Rijkaard
I understand very well that if you are a national coach, you want to use all the opportunities that you have to meet up with your team.
A coach - any coach, not just a national team coach - should try to be exemplary. And a national team manager even more so.
Of course when you are starting to be a coach you want to do your best and my national team is my dream.
Sure it's a dream to coach Napoli as well as the national team.
I would love to become the national team coach. I am aware that it is a tough job, but I spent 15 years with Italy. In my opinion, I have the right experience for this role and I know the environment very well too.
It's always good to bat at the top, where you get more opportunities, but sometimes crucial 30s and 40s can be very helpful for the team. Ultimately it is a team sport. Personal records don't matter much if your team ends up on the losing side.
Bob Houghton is a great coach and I am confident that the national team will do well under him.
As a coach, you've got to do what's best for the team. If guys don't like it, they're going to leave. If they stay and don't like it, well, your team's going to suck anyway. Even if this happens, you still have to do it. You can't coach worrying about any individual.
In the national team, many guys quit, did not want to play, and we had a really young team, and we changed the coach. Many things happened for us.
Rick Tocchet is what I call a warrior. He really brings a lot to a team because he really believes in team play. He's tough on himself and he's tough on the team. As a coach, if you had even one guy like him on your team, you'd have a heckuva chance to do your job well.
I don't think Curcic is up to the task. I'd like to be more positive, but a coach who has not been in charge of a top team aiming for titles does not have the potential, the authority, or the knowledge to lead a national team to victories.
What I can say is that I feel very good as the national team coach. I really enjoy it.
X & O's aren't worth a damn without a team. If your team isn't with you it doesn't matter what you draw up. The team must respect what the coach is asking them to do
It had never been a decision to choose between the French national team or the Senegalese national team because I was growing up in France and playing in the French youth national team, so it was something really normal.
The national team requires a work commitment but also a personal one as well. To lead your country is something very different.
I think any player would tell you when you've got a coach that believes in you and you don't have to be looking over your shoulder after every play you do, and you can just go out and play, that's the coach you want to have on your team.
As a competitor, you always want to receive the best rewards. But you understand that it is a team sport, and you understand the better your team plays, the more you are rewarded.
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