38 Quotes by Harry Kewell

My career started off under George Graham, a general. Even though we had big name players, he would walk into a dressing room and people would shut up. I worked with Gerard Houllier too.

I still get a lot of stick from Leeds fans which is unfortunate because Leeds is very close to me. It was one of the best clubs I ever played for. They gave me the start and I had a fantastic time there.

What bothers me is when my players don't train well.

When I was playing, some people said I was a luxury player, but I was just a hard worker.

If my players work hard during the week, then I have no problem about the weekend because I know they are ready.

We're like on a rollercoaster and I don't like that because a sign of a good team is consistency, and consistency is a work ethic and it's about producing that standard, and if you can produce that standard week in, week out, whether you win or lose, that's a different thing.

My passion for coaching is immense. I've fallen in love with it. I enjoy the structure. I love the hard work, organising. I love putting a plan together through the week and executing it at the weekend.

To be able to get a young player to perform a drill or execute a phase of play - that's satisfying. I get happy and think he's learned, and that's what I enjoy.

When you sit players in front of doctors and surgeons, they use big, fancy words, and sometimes players get lost. It's hard to digest. But when you've been there and you can break it down into 'football language,' they can understand it better.