Control Quote by Gareth Barry

Managers are never 100 percent in control. You're at the mercy of the players. When you're a player, you're driving. I'm the navigator. I…

— Dusty Baker

As a player, you play and you have much more influence. As a manager, you talk about the game all week with every player…

— Marco van Basten

Not many managers have been in charge for as many games as I have, that should tell you something.

— Steve Bruce

I always said to the directors that the minute a player becomes more powerful than the manager of Manchester United, it's not Manchester United.…

— Alex Ferguson

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a…

— Sparky Anderson

As a player you appreciate a manager who can maybe compromise a bit in his own ways for the good of the team.

— Kasper Schmeichel

Does the manager have absolute power in England? No, it depends on a budget and on the executive director that negotiates the signings of…

— Rafael Benitez

As a player, you have a certain relationship with a coach or a number two, and it's a completely different to the one you…

— Jermaine Jenas

I think players in general don't realize the power that they have. I think they in general have a lot more power than they…

— Patrick Cantlay

What I do know as a manager, as a person, is that you have to try and be honest with everyone around you. If…

— Chris Hughton

I was a player who got the job done, and I think I'm kind of maybe thought of like that as a manager.

— Sean Dyche

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

— Sparky Anderson