Top 1200 Best Players Quotes & Sayings - Page 9

It still comes down to attracting players, and UCLA can attract players as well as any place in the country.

There are some players I always watched, various players who I knew hit the ball well.

I hope to have my players in good physical condition, all players, and then to face all competitions.

I think it's bad in a way for junior players and college players to feel they must be number one.

Some players are bought by other clubs with an eye to them developing into something special in a few years' time. Whereas there's a bit more pressure on some of the other clubs to bring in players who are going to be hitting the ground running and top players verging on world class almost immediately.

I have told the PCB that I want total independence to work with a free mind and pick the best players, and they have assured me it will be done.

To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. Remember you don't handle players-you handle pets. You deal with players. Stand up for your players. Show them you care-on and off the court. Very important-it's not 'how' or 'what' you say but what they absorb.

Players come and go, good friends, players who performed well. You can't control that.

Zidane was one of the best players that I have seen. Now as a coach, I try to learn as much as possible from him. He knows a lot because he was an exceptional player.

We want men here, not just players. Players are a dime a dozen

We have to understand the abilities of the players. We will try to build a game model with our ideas and with the players we have.

Different players play you different ways. Some players might be slow-footed so they got to backup. Some players might push you up. You've got to have a go-to that's a mix for both of them.

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.

The P.A.S.T. preventative screening and treatment programs are a must for all players. We can extend our lives and live a healthy and pain free life. The programs are very comprehensive. We have lost several players at a young age, maybe the loss of some of our players could have been prevented with the prevention, knowledge, and treatment that P.A.S.T. provides.

Always be confident on the ball and have no fear when going out on the pitch. That is one thing young players need to have in their game to develop and play their best football, so that is what I do.

I tell the players all the time: 'There is no magic play.' Players make the plays.

Good players win volleyball games for you, not tall players.

Great players, they don't get hurt as much as the other players.

Your best players have to unite and inspire the group... otherwise, they'll divide the group

Such a positive move by Uruguay - bringing 2 players off and putting 2 players on.

My bench never heard me mention winning. My whole emphasis was for each one of my players to try to learn to execute the fundamentals to the best of their ability. Not to try to be better than somebody else, but to learn from others, and never cease trying to be the best they could be; that's what I emphasized more than anything else.

Retiring from cricket is not about form. I feel that the time is now and it's right. I've tried to give everything I have when I've played the game, the game goes on. You can't hold onto it and people shouldn't be too sentimental. I think a lot better players and greater players have gone, and the game has gone on and there are new players who take the mantle, and in my case it won't be any different.

I think average players are able to play well now and again, or they'll play very, very well. Good players or great players, nine times out of ten, they have good games.

It's not just the goalscorer who should be the best player in the world. It is totally wrong that some great players never won the Ballon d'Or because of their position.

It would be very difficult to find a more complete player than Milner. There are players who are better technically. There are quicker players. There are players who head the ball better. But show me a player who does all the things that Milner does well, and there isn't one.

When the best manager in the world says you're one of his favourite players, you act like it's nothing, but you still can't help but have a smile on your lips.

The NBA is getting bigger. Basketball is getting better around the world. There are more players. There are better coaches around it, so that's why there are more international players, not only Hispanic players, but from everywhere.

If the spectators demand from the players that they do their utmost and score goals, the players shouldn't question this.

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.

What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch.

£25million or £30m or £20m - whether you are expensive or not, players are just players.

The players do their thing on the pitch, and there's a lot of young women or former players that want to coach.

It's all about the qualities of the players. The better the players, the easier it is for the manager.

There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.

As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.

I had some great players, great coaches, the best organization in football.

At Chelsea I knew I'd improve a lot quicker around better players, world-class players.

At the end of the day, I think the players listen more to other players than the coach himself.

Injuries happen every season. We can't rely on that being a crutch. It's up to all of us to do our best to fill those voids as coaches and players.

I think the international players, in general, show how basketball is global now. There are players from all the countries.

The best players in the world play in Europe so that's where you want to go when you play in Brazil.

The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

The coachs job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

It is down to the manager what he wants to do in the transfer window. Us as players, we just have to focus on each game that comes along and try and do our best.

Especially the top players, they always try to set their own form, so to say, around the Grand Slams because that's where they want to play their best.

Player safety is definitely something that has to be at the top of the list. I think that the union and the NFL are doing all they can to make sure they're protecting the players the best they can.

The players are out here to help win games and to improve, not to make a movie. They're not actors. They're players.

To look at the players, to communicate with the players, to observe and to analyze - that's my job.

I was incredibly lucky when I grew up because coming down with Dad for training I saw the best players of their generation train every day.

You see great players, Hall of Fame players that didn't stay with their team.

I never played against my own age, and I was one of the best players. That's when I would get really nervous, maybe not sleep the night before a game.

I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them.

I won't be chasing down players who have retired. I only want players who are 100% committed to Scotland.

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.

I don't need to speak with my colleagues in the national side to know what kind of player Messi is. He's one of the best players in the history of football and very difficult to stop.

Getting a chance to practice six months against my own teammates, who I consider the best soccer players in the world, there's no way I couldn't improve.

Young players are more hungry because they have not achieved what some of the older players have.

Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall.

Top players or experienced players make mistakes because we are human beings, we are people.

I coach a couple players. But it's not a thing where I'm going to hide and be that perfect mentor. I just give them the best advice I can and live my life accordingly.