The Art Of Managing

Arsene Wenger, Arsenal Manager, on Guus Hiddink shortly after his promotion to manage Chelsea for the remainder of the 2009 season:

He has a strong knowledge of the game and strong personality. He has big experience and he always gets his teams to play the kind of football he wants to play. This is the real art of a good manager.

I found this quote interesting because its quite lofty praise from one coach to another, with both party's operating at probably the highest level of football in the world. But it was also the specific praise of getting a team to 'play your way' as an indicator of a good manager that I found quite informative.