Don't whine. Find the positive in difficult situations.
Have a vision and then create your own reality. Otherwise, someone else may create it for you.
Placing blame on others is easy. Taking responsibility for yourself is empowering.
Overseas, kids grow up in a soccer culture. The German player sees the game eons above the American player the same age.
The smartest thing is knowing that I don't know it all and that there's more to learn.
If you put good people around you, I guess you're smart. You learn from them and that makes you a better coach.