Care Quote by Peter Jacobsen

Some of these kids are spending more time with the coaches than they are with their parents. The coach is supposed to be raising…

— Ray Lewis

Every kid thinks about scoring rather than not conceding.

— Gianluigi Buffon

The coaches today should realize that they are, after all, working with children who sometimes have to stand up to physical and moral stresses…

— Elena Mukhina

Love the player for who they are, not for what they can do for you. Kids see through the coach whose only concern is…

— Gordie Gillespie

Scores are absurdly important, One hundred points could easily make or break a kid.

— Bill Vaughan

You never realize the value of coaching until your children play for a coach

— Don Meyer

Winning is irrelevant when you’re 11 or 12 years old. It really is it. At youth tournaments, I look at the technical ability of…

— Brad Friedel

Football shouldn't feel like a job to an eight-year-old.

— David James

Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.

— Gary Lineker

Maybe when you are eight, nine, 10 the coach can be influenced by the social level of the parents to put their kids into…

— Marcel Desailly

It's very important for young players to grow up comfortable with the ball and, if I was an underage coach, I would be absolutely…

— Martin O'Neill

I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child…

— Roy Keane