I remember playing against the great Manchester United teams when I was a player. — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
I improved enormously, on and off the pitch, over that year at Swansea. — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
Ostersund has marketed itself as a winter city. But that's changing now, with the success of the football team. — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
Players are fundamentally the same - regardless of what they earn. They want to improve and want to be part of something. — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
You make mistakes at the results end of football and you can be out on your ear pretty quickly. — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
Educating players and being part of the community are very important. — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
I want to take people out of their comfort zones and teach them to rely on their team-mates. — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
Ultimately, good players need to play and they don't always at a young age in England. — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
My playing career that was a bit up but mostly down. I played in the Premier League at Southampton but most of… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
My situation, and my opportunity, was the fourth tier in Swedish football and a place that nobody really wanted to go to.… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
It's hard to get opportunities anywhere. There are a lot of coaches out there and a lot of talented coaches too. It's… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
People think that coaching is about winning football matches - which, of course, it is - but throughout my career it has… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
My mum had always pressed on me to continue my education, and it was just the volatility of sport in terms of… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
I needed to learn to be a coach initially. I think if I'd gone into professional football when I stopped playing when… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
We try and play football in a positive way. Any team has to be defensively organised, but you have to look at… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
It is about building the best team you can, not just one to play in the Championship. You look short-term because you… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
They're human beings before they're footballers and it's important to understand how can I help them. What do they need? How can… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
You cannot win all the time and, often, we don't win that much. You have to have something and I think if… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
But any squad needs players who are hungry to do well, with their careers ahead of them. That's important for the dynamic… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
We want to help the players be more comfortable in their own skin, a bit braver, a bit more aware and more… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
I was used to football supporters hammering me and I thought my name was Graham Potter-Boo at one point. — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
At Ostersunds, we had half the players who were part-time and working and the other half were full-time. — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
Any coach in my era will reference or look at Guardiola's teams. If you look at the style of play, he has… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
I was at Leeds Carnegie, the ninth tier. And I was coaching students. There would have been hundreds of managers with more… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
I got a job as a football development manager which meant I could coach the students and work with the sports sciences… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
I played football because I loved the game - but I didn't enjoy the focus on not making mistakes and the culture… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
The competition that is the Premier League is the biggest challenge in itself. It's my job to get the players to believe… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
If you can have a career as a footballer for 13 years then you're really lucky, but there will probably be plenty… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
It was a huge move for me to leave Sweden, because I was really happy there. It was a club we thought… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
Football is quite easy when you're doing well and winning games. It's when things aren't so good and they get tough, that's… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
When it is 1-0 and you have been dominant and you have restricted the home team to pretty much nothing, if you… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
If you identify those guys - something we have done in the past - who are not as valued in the current… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
From a football perspective, putting young footballers into art, or singing - you're doing something that's not so familiar. It has helped… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
But concepts around how a team functions, the importance of the relationship between football and the person, how you develop both, are… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
The profile is to find if someone can perform in the Championship and help you win, and also play in the Premier… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
Sometimes there is a disconnect between footballers and supporters, because there are highly-paid people here and supporters over there, and nothing in… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
Any coach in my era will reference or look at Guardiola's teams. If you look at the style of play, he has had a… — Graham Potter Copy Share
The profile is to find if someone can perform in the Championship and help you win, and also play in the Premier League because… — Graham Potter Copy Share
I had five years in the university sector which was a time where I could make my mistakes, develop with the students and players… — Graham Potter Copy Share
My playing career that was a bit up but mostly down. I played in the Premier League at Southampton but most of my career… — Graham Potter Copy Share
You cannot win all the time and, often, we don't win that much. You have to have something and I think if we can… — Graham Potter Copy Share
My unglittering football career came to a halt at the age at 30, and I had to embark on a coaching career: 14 years… — Graham Potter Copy Share
But concepts around how a team functions, the importance of the relationship between football and the person, how you develop both, are always valid. — Graham Potter Copy Share
We try and play football in a positive way. Any team has to be defensively organised, but you have to look at the attributes… — Graham Potter Copy Share
My mum had always pressed on me to continue my education, and it was just the volatility of sport in terms of not being… — Graham Potter Copy Share
I was at Leeds Carnegie, the ninth tier. And I was coaching students. There would have been hundreds of managers with more experience. So… — Graham Potter Copy Share
I was only picking up short-term contracts in the lower leagues. I thought that rather than the game kick me out, I'd be proactive… — Graham Potter Copy Share
I remember playing against the great Manchester United teams when I was a player. — Graham Potter Copy Share
