Quotes About Competition

Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing.

The only pool of young people lies in Saudi Arabia, some of the Middle-East countries, and few African countries. But they are not prepared as Indians are... we travel well; we are accepted globally very well, and that makes India truly a place to source world's workforce.

German football is like English football. The Germans and the English do not play like a Brazilian side. They have to improve, bring up their young players, who have character.

Good, young players don't compete in China or in Asia.

When young players become one of the best in the world, everyone wants to sign them.

Football will always be about the results because if you are winning and taking good results you are not asking me about the young players.

Everyone wants to play in the Champions' League because that's where it is all happening. That's where you get the A-status for players. It's very important for young players.

There are quite a lot of young players around now with undoubted talent who get stuck in academies at big clubs.

Golf is growing, and there are more good young players, but you don't see them going abroad. It's so expensive to travel.

I had the luck of being in Madrid. They sign some of the best players in the world, and that really leaves fewer opportunities for young players.

There is a specific mentality that is put into the young players at Barcelona, and from nine or 10 years old, you have to make good seasons because, if not, you are out.

I'm a great believer in the lower leagues, the pyramid system, but there is mileage in having B-teams in England with young players playing competitively.

When you see young players coming into the squad and pushing you, no matter what age you are, you have to react. You have to worry about yourself and perform as well as you can. If you end up looking around at others, wondering who's performing better, you take your eye off the ball.

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

In any national team, the young players who have quality and the right mentality will stand out. And that's how it should be.

Football always changes. There are always new players coming in at your club or young players coming through with your club or England. You have to be ready, given 100%, improve, and get better.

Young players always want to win things.

The Premier League is not easy for young players because it is very hard, very tough. Most of the players are very tall.

It's kind of interesting on a team sport because you have young players, you have older players, you have veterans. But ultimately, when you step in between those lines, you're just a player.

If young players are capable of playing 90 minutes every week at European clubs why prevent them from doing that?

The young players are only thinking about what they can win and that can sometimes be an advantage for you.

You want to win in the NBA you want to build a culture and teams will always do that and try to win. It's cutthroat. All 30 teams want to be that way whether they are rebuilding, have young players, have a style of play. It doesn't matter, everybody wants to win.

We have qualified for the 2010 World Cup qualification final round with young players and we will be able to advance in the competitions with the same players.

The teams that use tanking as a strategy are doing damage. If you're in tanking mode, that means you've got young players who you're teaching bad habits to. I think that's unforgivable.