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 when the character and attitude stand up. Graham Potter Read Quote
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 create an environment where people genuinely think that we are trying to help them, trying to improve them and make them better, then OK, maybe they will try a bit harder, and do a bit better for the team and the club. Graham Potter Read Quote
I remember doing my first coaching sessions at Macclesfield, when I was still playing, and I was just terrible. I felt really uncomfortable standing in front of people, and it felt very odd. It was not something I was naturally comfortable with at all. Graham Potter Read Quote
I needed to learn to be a coach initially. I think if I’d gone into professional football when I stopped playing when I was 30 years old I’d have failed because I’d have made too many mistakes because I had no real idea at that time. Graham Potter Read Quote
Sometimes there is a disconnect between footballers and supporters, because there are highly-paid people here and supporters over there, and nothing in between. Graham Potter Read Quote
I was at Leeds Carnegie, the ninth tier. And I was coaching students. There would have been hundreds of managers with more experience. So I had to go to the fourth tier of Swedish football, pretty much in the Arctic circle. Graham Potter Read Quote
I played football because I loved the game – but I didn’t enjoy the focus on not making mistakes and the culture being essentially one of blame and a little fear. Graham Potter Read Quote
You have to respect and understand the environment. So I don’t think it’s a case of taking anything from Ostersund and transferring it to somewhere else. Graham Potter Read Quote
