A Quote by Mike D'Antoni
Sometimes those labels that the league puts on players aren't right.
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I am one of the pioneers, along with those players who went before me, and I'm coming to China to help the league and help more players get to know this league.
Sometimes America is so great because it brings all of us together, but sometimes it can be so limiting because it puts labels on things.
This league has great players, and it has great images. Sometimes those two things get confused.
I think it is also good for my development, playing in a team like Southampton at right-back where sometimes you're going to be under pressure and be one-v-one with the best players in the world, let alone the League.
I try not to assign labels to myself. Sometimes I shop in the plus section, and sometimes I don't. I feel we attach too much significance to labels, and ultimately, it doesn't really matter.
Sometimes the ATP puts a lot of pressure on the players and sometimes you get injured because you play on a dangerous surface. Nothing happens, no one pays for that.
I'd say in the NBA, we have a league that really encourages players to stand for what they believe in. And I think that has created a great relationship between the players and the league.
It's a weird league in the sense that sometimes you get goals when they definitely shouldn't have gone in, and sometimes you're doing everything right and it's just not going in. It's the way it goes. I think every player who's ever played in this league has gone through it.
All of the players want to play in the Premier League. I think it's about being in the right place at the right time.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I know how good I have it. You can't find a much better job than this. There are only 300 players in this league, so I feel very fortunate and proud to be one of those players.
What puts you in a different level is if you win the Premier League, and you're capable of challenging every season for the Premier League, and if you play Champions League, and you really believe, and you're a real contender one day to win the Champions League. That's my objective in Tottenham.
We want hungry players, players who have a burning ambition to play in the Premier League and stay in the Premier League for years to come.
Sometimes having the best players is not enough to win the Champions League.
I'm a little skeptical of foreign coaches in our league and in U.S. Soccer just because of how different our league is and our players are than other players around the world.
You look at the best players in the league, the best players at quarterback - I mean Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, the top names - none of those guys are throwing it through a brick wall. They'll have touch.
When Congress puts party labels aside, like we did on VA reform, we can accomplish some great things for the American people. But those occasions were far too rare.
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