About Leigh Robinson

Leigh Robinson worked in sports for kids for 10 years in the UK for a private company, and then moved to advertising and media in 2006. He has worked for some big names in the UK including Sky TV, while being a part time a non-league football manager. He is now working as a Sales Manager at ITP.net.

About this episode

In this episode, Leigh talks about his experiences as a football coach moulding young athletes to work towards becoming the best version of themselves. Additionally, he also talks about how his journey brought him to the Middle East, as a media professional in Dubai. 

Quotes

6:58 – The growth that we had there was absolutely fantastic

 14:53 – Other qualities that a coach needs to be successful is communication

 15:24 – You can really be very honest with them. If you want to praise them, you praise them, if you want to criticize them, you criticize them

 15:46 – Our society has changed and we need to be softly-softly with them and not so, aggressive approach doesn’t really work with people

 15:57 – Always be positive with them (athletes) all the time

 16:53 – When you’ve won things, you’re always fantastic, when you’ve lost, things are always terrible

17:03 – Football nowadays is increasingly living in the moment

 19:08 – The chemistry between the players right on the personal level is really, really important.

 24:55 – Life’s too short, let’s go and do it

 25:49 – Winners never quit and quitters never win

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