Quotes About Players

I think what helps enormously is the cultural environment that you have set. We constantly try to monitor it. When you have a base to work from that holds it together, that's something that you can go back to and rely on. A lot of is down to the consistency of work, the consistency of message and the consistency of the players' performances.

There are analytics that can allow players to play better. Will everyone use it? No. They don't think it's necessary. They rely on their feel way too much and they trust that more.

Our players are our human capital and we want to make sure that, while football remains a pretty rough, tough game, that we're doing all that we can to make sure that they're as safe as possible in terms of equipment and penalties.

I remember when I was a kid rugby players were some big guys that drunk a lot of beer but now they have proper training programs and diets and all that. And the pioneers of all that is bodybuilding.

Every game, I have to make the best decision. I repeat: my players must be happy to stay in Chelsea and to play for Chelsea and to play for our fans. They must be happy if they start the game or if they stay on the bench and come on.

Ben Davies and all the lads that haven't played many minutes, we have to manage their minutes. You can't expect those players to go straight into playing France for 90 minutes without having repercussions. It's common sense.

I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeling of being out on the field when we were players.

I know every year what my players get and what courses they get them in. I get a report every semester. What course. What grades.

It's rewarding to be recognized by the fans and other players for my abilities and to be able to represent the Arizona Cardinals fans from around the world.

Every other sport has player's representation. We don't really have that officially - I know there's like a little players' committee but there's not a players' association, which is what we really need.

In terms of management, I love what I am doing, it's incredible, I love representing the club and having the honor and responsibility of helping a set of players get football results because there is nothing better.

For many players the opportunity to be able to play with Messi represents a huge incentive.

The Liga is a tough league, but I'm inspired by players like Neymar and Messi. You have to work very hard to reproduce what they do, especially Neymar.

Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica.

I like teams to control and dominate the ball so the players are hungry for the ball.

When I used to play, the manager would tell us that you are as good as your last performance. That made all the players more hungry to finish strong.

I hustle, I run down the line, I do whatever I can to win ball games. Those are the only things we can control as baseball players.

I did rough hustling, what they call 'playing against the wall.' I just played myself with the players, so I would pay; I would make them shill. I would pay certain players and then take from others.

Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.

Once you identify positional needs, then I think, then, what you do is, you be very selective on how you go about acquiring those players. You have to look at the resources available on how to acquire those players, and then, if you can, go acquire those assets that can best help this team get over the hump.

Then you have to convince the players and get them on board with what you are doing, and after that you can start to build. But the identity is the foundation for everything.

This league has great players, and it has great images. Sometimes those two things get confused.

Wenger is an immense manager and a great man. He takes care of his players, maybe too much. He's not a man of conflict.

In the NBA, you're never immune to rumors and trade rumors and free agency stuff.