Humility

No individual in a team sport like soccer is going to win games on their own. As such, it is always necessary to acknowledge the effort of the team even when a player’s personal effort may have proved decisive. Humility helps teams’ bond more; everyone shares in the joys of victory and disappointment of defeats. We absolutely do not ask players to under estimate their abilities or to hide special abilities to pull uncommon tricks. On the contrary, we ask them to do the opposite of these. At the same time, we paint the picture of how the use of their talent for the team’s purposes always leads to improved capacity. Taught early, this is a picture that sticks.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.