If you give a bad player time, he can play. If you give a good player time, he can kill you. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
My message is always very, very clear: I'm very concentrated on the game. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
It's the nature of it. The players will want to compete at the highest level they possibly can. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I think all you can worry is that you make the team the very best they can be. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
Look at Tottenham. You spend over £100-odd million, you'd expect to be challenging for the league. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I had a wonderful time at Liverpool. My three and a half years there was a great experience. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
He's a big player, and the big players score the big goals and make the big contributions in the big games. That's… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
Refereeing is always an issue where you want to have the best officials, and I think the referees do their very best… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
Even more important than statistics is then having the staff that can take the data and ensure it's presented in a way… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to say that a player is irreplaceable because the nature of football means that someone always steps in to… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I dictate entirely how the team is prepared, and I am a hands-on coach; I love to be out there with the… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I always think if you speak to someone in their second language, you speak to their head. If you speak in their… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate enough to work with lots of really good players, so it would be disrespectful to single out the best. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I think my history as a coach shows I like players who are gifted technically and have courage when it comes to… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I know how it goes. Six or seven months ago I was the manager of the year and I was going to… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
As a coach, we are not magicians; we work with the players and look to improve them and give them every opportunity,… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
If I was making the decision normally, with my heart, I'd never leave Celtic. My life was great. I loved the city.… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
It was important for me, when I left a club like Liverpool, to one, have a breather, but then my next job,… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
The only thing that Celtic doesn't have is the propaganda, which is the Premier League. In every other aspect of football, Celtic… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
When you have a son in football like Anton, it will always be deemed as if he got the prop up and… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
My decision was that after nearly three years at Celtic - with everything we'd achieved and the success we'd had on the… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
My template for everything is organisation. With the ball you have to know the movement patterns, the rotation, the fluidity and positioning… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I can categorically tell you that Mario Balotelli will not be at Liverpool. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of my work at Watford in what has been a short period. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
If one day I go to a game and I don't feel I can win, maybe I don't go. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I've always had one in my teams - that sort of central pivot that orchestrates the game. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I don't see coach job stressful, I really don't. Of course, there is pressure and expectation, but I wouldn't necessarily equate that… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
In football there is very rarely a "typical day" - there are always issues and challenges that arise from nowhere, and as… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
When I was at Liverpool, I asked about Van Dijk when he was at Groningen and then at Celtic. But I was… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I always felt that by the time I would leave Chelsea I was ready to be a number one. I'd had a… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
I will leave no stone unturned in my quest - and that quest will be relentless - to try and get Liverpool… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
A winning model would mean trying to get the best possible players that you can, at whatever age they are; it doesn't… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
A player's character is a crucial factor I look into before committing to signing them. They also need to show a willingness… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
My father loved European football; he also loved the Brazilian team. His own dad loved the Brazilian team. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
When I went in to Liverpool, my job in the first season was to cut the budget. You only need to look… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
My decision was that after nearly three years at Celtic - with everything we'd achieved and the success we'd had on the pitch, the… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share
One of my strengths is I learn, and I like to learn from all sorts of people in all walks of life. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share
I think I've proven I can build a team that plays a way of football that excites and challenges at the top end of… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share
You always want to win games and to develop the team, so it's very important that you have encouragement from your fans. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share
That ability to press immediately, within five or six seconds to get the ball, is important — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share
I had a wonderful time at Liverpool. My three and a half years there was a great experience. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share
When I was at Liverpool, I asked about Van Dijk when he was at Groningen and then at Celtic. But I was told he… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share
Everything we did on the training pitch, we did with the ball. You'll never see a pianist run around his piano. People ask me,… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share
If you look at the world-class performers at the top of the game, their numbers are just exceptional and that is the level he… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share
