Big business Quote by Tony DiCicco

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

— Arsene Wenger

“Entrepreneurs who dip into soccer also keep making the same mistakes. They buy clubs promising to run them “like a business” and disappear a…

— Simon Kuper

In youth football, you have to grow up fast.

— Joao Felix

I do genuinely believe that young people who play sport at a competitive level, sensibly controlled, sensibly organised, that has to be a good…

— Sebastian Coe

I always encourage youngsters in America to play soccer.

— Jim Harbaugh

I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth…

— Lamar Hunt

Young players always want to win things.

— Ryan Sessegnon

Sometimes clubs take their ownership of a young player for granted and do not necessarily do the best thing for their development.

— Eniola Aluko

The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy…

— Jack Welch

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

The young players are only thinking about what they can win and that can sometimes be an advantage for you.

— Ralph Hasenhuttl

It's been a big flaw of ours in the soccer department that a lot of our best athletes go and play other sports. But…

— Christian Pulisic