Quotes About Player

Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.

Maradona was absolutely the best player I ever played with.

Creativity is a huge part of my game as a player. It helps open doors which others don't see.

The first part of my life, as a player, has ended but now I'm heading into an equally important part as a manager, hoping to do as well as I did on the field.

You learn as a player not to listen to the criticism. Many of the people who put out that criticism might not be as accomplished, might not understand the game as well from the inside-out.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

My dream was to be a football player.

Whether a player has played one match or a hundred, we should give him respect for what he has achieved and leave it at that.

I just feel at Paris, I will have more chances compared to Madrid. I'm French and I choose a French team. People must be happy to keep a French player in the league.

I have always said I am a player who looks for new challenges.

To get a former player that has been there and has that extra intel. Jose Higueras is a great coach for that and a great person as well.

No, I've never had a job other than being a chess player.

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.

The best player I have ever played with? That's Ronaldo, il Fenomeno.

Goalkeeping is so mental you've got to be focused all the time. You come off the pitch drained in a different way to an outfield player. You'd probably be more mentally drained.

We know that Pepe is a great player.

In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.

Darryl Hill was a fantastic player.

Ronaldo is brilliant, Messi more my kind of player. He sees the game so clearly. He can score, create; he's the complete player - the best ever, probably.

I have been a big admirer of Coutinho, and he can be a very important player for Liverpool and Brazil.

Whatever player Arsene picks to play for Arsenal, I respect that and so should the fans.

I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to compete.

If I can understand them better as a person then I can understand how to make them a better player too.

I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think that was a really hard balance for me.