Jesse Marsch Quotes

Jesse Marsch

Profession : Coach

Birth : November 8, 1973

I think in Montreal there were moments when I felt the pressure too much, and I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders.

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We found what made countries so fascinating was the people.

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Pedigree still matters a lot to people in Europe. A year in the Bundesliga as an assistant and working under Ralf Rangnick gave me a little bit more to put in my back pocket to go into the next job.

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When I started thinking about the possibility of leaving for Europe, I saw Bob Bradley and what he went through and I tried to best acclimate myself to European football.

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I have to be me.

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I am different and I am my own person.

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I found that creating a group mentality was a lot easier to do in the U.S. than it has been here in Europe.

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If the players are proving themselves to see each other and giving of themselves to each other every day, then they're all going to be successful.

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That's one of the things you have to do: Convince the group that it benefits all of them to give to each other, because when the group succeeds, the individual succeeds.

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My way of leading is about engaging everybody and treating everybody like they're on the same level.

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When I stepped foot into Princeton, I was surrounded by people who had been to boarding schools and high-level high schools and I barely knew how to write a paper.

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My parents had to take out loans, I had loans and I finished off paying loans 15 years after university.

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I wish I was half as good as Kalvin Phillips.

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I mean, I am a coach, but more so I'm a fan of U.S. Soccer.

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For me, it's always about maximizing the potential of what a group is.

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So much of what I do every day is not just preparing the team to be successful as a group, but also grooming each individual to maximize their own potential.

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Even being on the pitch and hearing foreign languages, the behaviour of people from other places, it sparked my imagination.

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It is key that everyone gives everything of themselves to the group. You also have to create an environment where everybody can be themselves but be the best version of themselves.

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I was not the most talented guy but I was always a strong presence in the team. I knew that if everyone else around me was a better player, I would be a better player. That was a fundamental that I understood early in my playing career.

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When I was 13 I made a youth national team and we went on a trip to Europe. It was the first time that I saw the way that other people lived and I was exposed to other languages.

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