Chris Coleman

Businessman

United Kingdom

1970 - Present

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I shared a dressing room with Alan Shearer. I used to watch the opposition looking at him, and they'd be thinking they need to score more than one because Shearer is going to score, and he scores every game. That psychological advantage is fantastic.
Chris Coleman
I've been in football a long time and one thing you don't do is when things are going well, you don't get carried away. And when they don't, you stay positive.
Chris Coleman
Wales was a great pleasure. It's the biggest honor I've ever had, to lead my country.
Chris Coleman
I'm really happy for Sam Vokes. He doesn't always start, but he always turns up and works so hard.
Chris Coleman
I think, a lot of guys who want to be professional football players, they see the Premiership players, and they see the finished article, but there's a lot of hard work that's gone into their careers for them to get there. There's a lot of sacrifice, and I think people tend to forget that.
Chris Coleman
When I was playing, I always preferred to be meeting a side like the Faroe Isles or San Marino early doors. Do things right in those games, and you knew you would get six points on the board, at least be up and running and challenging in the group.
Chris Coleman
You work all your life to get the top; you don't want to give that up.
Chris Coleman
With success comes complacency if you let it happen. It is human nature; there is that urge to think about how well you have done.
Chris Coleman
Football can change really quickly; you really are king for a day. Once you get caught up with things and think you've arrived... you've never arrived in football.
Chris Coleman
Of course training is very important, but resting is just as important. You have to get your recuperation, and I think all players make that mistake where they train hard but they don't rest enough, and even our school boy players, we tell them to get a lot of rest.
Chris Coleman