If I walk into a room, I'm quite content to sit in the corner and chat with people who walk by. But coaching forced me to come out of my shell.
To be respectful to opponents is to play hard against them.
Many, many years ago, when you named alternates, and they wouldn't travel with you - I think you're dealing with a small roster. Now you travel with these alternates, which you can replace at any time, obviously, if it's a medical situation, so you have it in your back pocket.
I took a $40k pay cut to leave my technical copywriter job and work for $6k a year.
What I know about Ali Krieger is no moment is ever going to be too big for her.
You've got to turn over every stone; you've got to look for every advantage. You need to make sure you're doing everything you possibly can, not just on the field but off it, to give your team an advantage - from having a sleep expert coming to talk to your team to having an independent analysis of your team done.
When you go through a tournament of seven games, there are peaks and valleys. You kind of ride the players that are hot.
Little things that I've emphasized are turning in pockets and looking to penetrate and finding these spaces and playing at a good tempo when we're in the middle third.
There's always things you can refine and polish.
The challenge for young players is always stepping into the next level in terms of how much faster the game is.
Sometimes it is the mentality that is really important. To have players with self-belief makes my job a lot easier, as they are certainly motivated and hungry.
You've got to make sure you're listening to the people that are important to listen to. And then everything else, you kind of have to tune out and do your thing.
I was just fortunate to move to the States and have an opportunity to play organized football.
Players don't change drastically. Maybe they get more in form if they're a goal scorer, or they get healthier if they've been injured.
Why have a rule if you're not going to enforce it?
My dad's always had an unbelievable, positive attitude about everything.
I think that's how it has to be in a tournament format. You can't dwell on games.
It's part of the beauty of the job in dealing with this is you have to have a plan, and that's why you can't only train 11 players; you train your whole team.
We've got to make sure we have players that can break teams down because there's no space in behind; we need to problem-solve in a different way.
Coaches understand that pressure is part of the rush of coaching. The challenge of trying to outplay your opponent is part of the fun, the adrenaline, the preparation, seeing your team evolve. It's why coaches become coaches.
