Quotes About Playing

The value that really counts is that which is shown on the pitch, not what theyBsay your value is. Money is secondary. being so expensive is not something I like especially; I'm interested in what people think of me on the playing field.

The only way you can get match fitness is by playing games.

It's always difficult not playing games and that match fitness and sharpness is something you always lack when you don't get that opportunity.

England is nice. I always said that if I was playing games for United consistently and playing well I'd have a chance of getting back in.

I love playing football. I love being happy. I love playing games. I think that's going to be the ultimate deciding factor in where I go.

I am of the opinion that the burden of playing games is much too high, especially for international players that also play domestically with their clubs.

My way of playing is very different and Karpov plays very differently as well.

If you talk to most athletes, the place you're most comfortable is your playing field. I'm not so comfortable at a podium or talking about events.

Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts.

I think a global season, moving it a bit towards summer, can only be a good thing from a playing and commercial point of view, but it would take a massive shift, and I do not know if it would happen in my career.

From a playing or managing point of view relegation is a blot on your CV that you don't want, but you have to live with it and try to bounce back.

I love the mouse, I love designing games for a mouse-based system. I think it's still a way of playing games which, you know, everyone's really excited about the Wii and all that, but for me, the mouse is for the PC an awful lot what that pointing device did for the Wii.

Looking back on it, now I can identify the points in my life when I wasn't playing, and music - and didn't have that outlet - those were the points when I was most unguided and self destructive because I didn't have that channel to get those energies out. I'm a much healthier person when I play music.

Me, who's educated classically, I went toward rock music 'cause it was sort of a natural evolution from where I was playing with my brother. But I was always drawn back into classical music.

Ultimately, playing at international level, at all age groups, is good for a player's development, and that is good for clubs, too.

Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful and who their coaches were.

No, I don't miss playing. I love coaching that much. Maybe if we're short of a player in training I would make the numbers up, but that is as far it goes.

Coaching is more enjoyable than playing.

I'm a competitive guy, very. I don't like saying that about myself but people in the locker room say that about me. But I'm a competitive person and the GM, the coaches, those guys, they wouldn't like it if I was happy not to be playing.

My wish is to concentrate on playing football for Manchester City.

If I'm not in the best condition, the best playing shape, I can't really do nothing for my team.

You've got to make sure the field condition is great for the players, because we're the guys out there running, putting our life on the line, playing hard.

I want to travel around the country and make my living playing music. I also try to behave in a way that I would appreciate as a music fan. That's how we conduct ourselves, be it in writing music or playing it live.

I used to watch English football on TV when I was younger in Brazil. I already knew it was a dynamic, competitive and fast way of playing. When I got here, I just confirmed all of that.