Players Quotes

Having new people and adding to the few positive players that remained from the previous year is like a fresh start.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

With the 24-second shot clock, there will be a lot of pressure on (players), and with that pressure you have to have a bigger rotation and a better bench.

I can't imagine anyone working harder. And it was a blast for me. Just working with good players every day. I can tell you, Michael was ready.

Installation is potentially a massive sinkhole for all the players in this space.

It's exciting to be the No. 2 pick with all of these great players. It's definitely a good feeling to know that you're up there among the best.

We put our two best defenders on their two best players and however it comes out, it comes out.

I feel very much a part of the best players in the world.

Coach has faith in me. I knew he was a great coach. No one has such trust in his players.

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got. Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

Cricket is just following the same trend as football and rugby. You do see world-class players becoming world-class coaches because they have all that first-hand knowledge. But then there are other coaches who have spent less time playing and more developing interpersonal skills. The saying goes that good coaches coach technique, great ones coach people.

I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports.

As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.

The players look good and they are charismatic, which is partly why the game is spreading to new audiences.

This new rule will now give players the option of playing minor league professional basketball in the United States.

Basically our players have matured naturally and they understand how to prepare every game. We have had great pitching depth and the key is that our defense has been good consistently.

I'm half-Italian and my name is Portuguese. Michael Young is half-Mexican. There are players from the United States that have heritage elsewhere and it's a great thing to have a world cup to celebrate the whole world. It shows the world that baseball is important and how great the game is.

What makes local players reluctant to go global is partly the fact that there are no ports that are able to handle direct shipments. The country's exporters are therefore at the mercy of port operators in Singapore and Malaysia.

What many fishermen fear most with quota systems is that bigger players will buy up all of the quota shares leaving the smaller fishermen high and dry.

There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

There's been popular players like Carlos Franco (Paraguay) and others. But golf really has had a limited exposure throughout all the Latin America countries.

We're still young, but we have experience. We return all but one guy, so the players we have coming back know the system and know the routine. It's a more laid-back atmosphere than in the past. I don't know if that's good or bad, but we'll find out in about two weeks.

I generally don't respond to the e-mails I get from foreign players. They're looking for a full-ride and we just don't have that to often. I think that picking foreign players is a lazy way of recruiting.

I'm so proud of what she's done. She's one of the best players I've coached.

It's disappointing, it really is. Our players know the rules. They know they are going to be tested. If any of them get caught, shame on them. I am disappointed.