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 Read Quote
Players are fundamentally the same – regardless of what they earn. They want to improve and want to be part of something. Graham Potter Read Quote
At Ostersunds, we had half the players who were part-time and working and the other half were full-time. Graham Potter Read Quote
We are our own worst enemies and as a coach you can help people recognise that, raise their self-awareness and then see if they change or do anything about it. Graham Potter Read Quote
We want our teams to be able to entertain the supporters – they’re such an important part of the industry, sometimes forgotten a bit. At the Amex they’ll be very important for us. So we’ll try and entertain. At the same time I know we’re in the results business. I’m not naive. Graham Potter Read Quote
I don’t think it’s fair to say the standard of English coaching is bad. It’s more about pathway: how you can get a break and then progress from there. Even at the lowest levels there is impatience now, so you need a bit of luck in terms of the owner or chairman that you work with. Graham Potter Read Quote
It was a huge move for me to leave Sweden, because I was really happy there. It was a club we thought we could carry on developing and try to win the league with. And my family were really settled. Graham Potter Read Quote
People think that coaching is about winning football matches – which, of course, it is – but throughout my career it has also been about helping people become better, more able to deal with life and be more successful in their lives, on and off the football pitch. Graham Potter Read Quote
