26 Graham Potter Quotes for You to Enjoy

Graham Potter

English Businessman

Born: May 20, 1975

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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

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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

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They're human beings before they're footballers and it's important to understand how can I help them. What do they need? How can they feel part of this? How can they feel they're improving in their career, because my job is to help them get better, play better football, earn a better contract, whatever it is. Graham Potter

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All I can promise is I'll do my very best. I'll try as hard as I can. Graham Potter

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But the concept that it's important to understand the individual and the person, as well as the footballer, is a helpful concept, regardless of the competition. Graham Potter

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You always need a bit of fortune in life. Graham Potter

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We try and play football in a positive way. Any team has to be defensively organised, but you have to look at the attributes of the players and play to their strengths. Graham Potter

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But any squad needs players who are hungry to do well, with their careers ahead of them. That's important for the dynamic of the group, but it also needs a balance of guys who have seen it, done it and have that quality of leadership. It is all about the quality of the player. Graham Potter

It is about building the best team you can, not just one to play in the Championship. You look short-term because you need to be competitive, that's the nature of the business. But it's exciting to have players whose potential is exciting. Graham Potter

If you identify those guys - something we have done in the past - who are not as valued in the current market for whatever reason and you look to get them to play at a higher level than where they have come from. That's how you develop the team. Graham Potter

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The competition that is the Premier League is the biggest challenge in itself. It's my job to get the players to believe that they can go in to every match and win. Graham Potter

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Like everybody I needed to learn to be a coach, I needed to practise that and make mistakes in a decent environment where I could develop myself and not fear I was going to lose my job. Graham Potter

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When it is 1-0 and you have been dominant and you have restricted the home team to pretty much nothing, if you do not score the second goal then that is football. Any action can happen in the game. Graham Potter

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Any coach in my era will reference or look at Guardiola's teams. If you look at the style of play, he has had a huge influence on football. And he has innovated it again. Graham Potter

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I remember playing against the great Manchester United teams when I was a player. Graham Potter

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I got a job as a football development manager which meant I could coach the students and work with the sports sciences department, all the people in university sector. Graham Potter

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I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't do much else to be honest. Graham Potter

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Sometimes it helps to see the world through someone else's eyes. Graham Potter

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Ultimately, good players need to play and they don't always at a young age in England. Graham Potter

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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

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If you can have a career as a footballer for 13 years then you're really lucky, but there will probably be plenty of supporters up and down the country saying that I wasn't a top player, to put it kindly. That's for sure. Graham Potter

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