Brendan Rodgers Quotes

I meet regularly with my staff to ensure they are aware of what I want, but also to make sure they have the chance to influence the process and use all of their knowledge to help prepare the group.

The analysis of statistics is a big part of the modern game, and it's important as a modern manager to embrace areas that can help your team and players improve.

The best players want to play in the best competition,

I know how it goes. Six or seven months ago I was the manager of the year and I was going to be this and that, tactically this and tactically that, and now, because we have lost two world-class players, I am useless. But I accept that.

I think my history as a coach shows I like players who are gifted technically and have courage when it comes to being in possession of a football. That is a key quality for me.

My biggest mentor is myself because I've had to study, so that's been my biggest influence.

I think I've proven I can build a team that plays a way of football that excites and challenges at the top end of the table.

The Merseyside derby games are unique in the city.

My days tend to be packed, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I enjoy my work, and it is a privilege to do what I do.

I enjoy my work. The reason I worked so hard all my life is because I want to be making big decisions and managing at the very highest level.

I'm blessed to be supported by some brilliant staff, who are all experts in their field and dedicated to what they do.

I think football management has obviously changed and evolved in terms of practices and methods, but I would say the values we strive to hold are the same as great men like Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley.

I can categorically tell you that Mario Balotelli will not be at Liverpool.

I'm never going to walk away because I'll always have belief that I can improve players and make things better.

If you look at the world-class performers at the top of the game, their numbers are just exceptional and that is the level he is at.

Statistics and numbers are no good unless you have good people to analyse and then interpret their meaning and importance.

I must have just dreamed that about Liverpool playing 3-4-3. What do people think that was, a bit of luck? A British coach playing 3-4-3? A foreign coach doing that would be a tactical genius. I imagine people think I fell into that system through a stroke of luck or something ... it took some thought. I didn't just throw them out there.

In football there is very rarely a "typical day" - there are always issues and challenges that arise from nowhere, and as manager you have to be ready to deal with them.

I hope when my time as Liverpool manager is over, I'm remembered as someone who improved the team and left the club in a better position than I inherited it.

It's the nature of it. The players will want to compete at the highest level they possibly can.

I have a senior staff meeting every day, with key personnel who interface with the players - coaches, the medical staff, our analyst department. This is a useful exercise as it means we are all across what is happening and they are aware of my expectations.

The responsibility will always go with the manager - you put out the team.

I was surprised we were playing in Manchester and have a referee from Greater Manchester.

They have a choice as a club. They don't have to sell. Maybe Southampton's objectives have changed. They were looking to be a Champions League club, I believe. They obviously wanted to change ... I don't have sympathy, no.

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