Words matter. These are the best Scott Parker Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
On the field, I was probably coaching more, helping players and doing my coaching badges.
I had a fantastic time at Fulham, I’m very, very proud to lead the club, I have nothing but admiration.
In football, especially at international level, opportunities come along and you have to grab them.
I’ve got four boys. They’re different animals to what I was like.
We live in a world and a profession where you win a game, you lose the next one and you’re deemed a failure.
I remember Louis van Gaal wearing a tie for every press conference. It must have left an impression because I like to look smart even if I get a bit of stick.
My drive and passion is to be out there, to try to coach a team, to influence a side and give them something we can be proud of. This course is a big commitment, one I’ve taken on while still playing. But this is what I want to do.
World-class midfield players get their share of goals and that’s something I want to add to my game.
As a young lad you go on adrenalin. You run out, look at the crowd, run around at 100mph and you can do it.
Confidence is the most key thing in football.
When you’re at a football club, the heart and soul of it is bigger than a win or a loss, so I’d like to think I leave the football club in a good place.
I need to keep performing because there are so many players behind me, for club and country, who are willing to take my place. But I know if I maintain my form and focus, good things will come of it.
And, for me, there is a passion in managing or coaching, whether it is working on a training ground or dealing with a 16-year-old who has a problem I can help him out with. I get quite a buzz from that.
I keep telling the players to enjoy the good moments. There are too many moments in this world currently that are pretty miserable and downbeat, so if there is light at certain times, I want them to enjoy it.
The journey you go on, the ups and downs, I’m the face that fronts it up. But behind the scenes is a support network of people that keep you going.
You see it every week, when a player makes a mistake, his first action is to try and put it right, and nine times out of 10 the first thing they do when they’ve made a mistake is take out everyone in front of them because they want to make amends.
I now have 10 years’ more experience from when I broke into the game. I can deal with disappointments easier, and all of that helps to make me a better player. It’s the same in any walk of life, in any job.
People talk about my age, but you could probably include me in that. I haven’t got a lot of experience at international level. I am 30 and one of the oldest in the squad, but I am new to this as well and have not been to a big, big tournament. But this is an evolving England team.
I was brought up in a slightly older style. I don’t play with my collar up.
When you’re dealing with 25 men, all with different needs, some with egos, you need to manage that. If you can manage that group you get the best out of them.
My dad told me to tuck my shirt in, look good and respect the game, so that has become embedded in me.
When you are pushed out of your comfort zone, that’s when you realise you may have to learn a little bit more.
As a manager, first and foremost I want a team with a good mentality, a team with character, a team that represents the club and the fans.
Every day can you drive yourself to improve? Every day can you drive others? In the good teams and the best players I played with that’s what they had: self-drive.
When I stop playing I’ll want a new challenge. I couldn’t just do nothing.
The facts are, the reality is, you can’t really enjoy it. You win a football match and by the time you get to Saturday night, having a beer or a Chinese, you’re already thinking about Monday morning, the next game.
There is always going to be a point where your form becomes patchy and it’s down to how long it lasts really.
You always worry about how the players are seeing it when you’re losing games, so you’ve got to keep your messages very clear in their minds.
I think experience is vital for that. You become wiser: you know where to be, what positions to take up, how to play it.
Management isn’t just about tactics and what happens on the training ground or in a game. Of course you need those skills. But what you also need is people skills.
