What is the part of your job that people would be surprised is most of your job?
Recorded Arsène Wenger said elsewhere, not written here
A good coach is somebody who has a clear concept of what they want and what they love in the game, is capable of expressing it in an understandable way, and is able to obtain it on the football pitch. They're also someone who loves to help others. This means something more than just going out and coaching a session, they really try to understand who a player is and find the key to helping them. All players have different problems, and we have the capacity to help them solve them. That's why this is a very interesting aspect of being a coach, we have the chance to be capable to influence people's lives.

Interview published by FIFA, FIFA Training Centre, 1 January 2023 source ↗

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Marjane Satrapi Graphic novelist, cartoonist and film director
Now my job is to defend everybody. But I don’t mind. Because I travel, and I like to talk to people and really listen to them. And I have no prejudices. I figured out a long time ago that, whatever I think I know, I don’t know anything. Once I realized that, I really started learning. That’s a great strength: I know that I don’t know.
Recorded Joshuah Bearman, A brasserie near her studio, Paris, The Believer, Issue 36, 1 August 2006 source ↗
Cathy Freeman Australian sprinter, 1990–2003
I looked straight across at the clock and I was disappointed with the time. I should have run under 49 and I didn't. And I knew I had a lot more in me.
Recorded Interview for the documentary Freeman, ABC News (Australia), 12 September 2020 source ↗
Siya Kolisi South Africa international rugby union flanker and captain
I was living in survival mode when I was young. I'm now trying to teach the people to live in a mentality that they can be whatever they want to be even though the situation around them is hopeless.
Recorded Dan Roan, The Sports Desk podcast, BBC, BBC Sport, 15 October 2021 source ↗
Haruki Murakami Novelist, short-story writer and translator
I myself, as I’m writing, don’t know who did it. The readers and I are on the same ground. When I start to write a story, I don’t know the conclusion at all and I don’t know what’s going to happen next. If there is a murder case as the first thing, I don’t know who the killer is. I write the book because I would like to find out. If I know who the killer is, there’s no purpose to writing the story.
Recorded John Wray, The Paris Review, issue 170, Summer 2004, 1 January 2004 source ↗

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