Cesc Fabregas on his coaching philosophy | SI FC

I like to ask a lot of questions, to speak, to be open, to talk, to debate. During my career, with all the coaches that I've had, I have books with a lot of notes of things that I liked, I didn't like, what I learned, what I didn't learn, etc., etc., what this coach did in this situation, what this coach did in that situation, what were the players feeling when the coach did this message or this coach did that. Like Arsene Wenger used to say always, The house, you need to build it from down. You cannot build a house from the roof. You know, you need to start here. Principles, behaviours, discipline, respect, hard work, all of that. The pressure is on constantly. And you feel it much more than when you were a player. You need to be yourself and you need to be trustworthy to the players. You need to be direct, but fair. You need to be yourself. They need to show that what you're saying, you're saying for their own benefit, for the benefit of the team. I like to have a very personal relationship with my with my players. I think this is vital. I like that when we are in a group or when I have individual meetings, I can express myself the way I want with them. I can be very harsh, I can be very gentle, but they know that whatever my tone is each moment is for their own good. You know that nothing is personal. I just want them to grow, I just want them to get better. I cannot be speaking to 23, 25 players every single day individually. So the moments that we are collectively there, I need to be free. In my head to be able to say what I think and what I feel in each moment you know and I think this is what the players also appreciate about me I do it all with passion I do it always you know in the best way possible to grow and that's the most important.