Quotes About League

There are some great pitchers in this league. You're going to get fooled sometimes. They're going to get you.

I know my Dad's a National League guy. I'm an American League guy. I tell him all the time we got better hitters. He's like well we got better pitchers. I'm like cause you all got those easy outs at the end.

I'm not aware of any plans for a European Super League, but the Champions League is a Super League.

I always wanted to play in the NFL. I decided to go to Florida State University as my college to play football because the coach there - Bobby Bowden - had a pedigree and acumen for putting players into the league.

It's one thing to play football in this league and make a living, but it's a totally different thing to come to a place with a rich tradition like the Bears.

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.

LeBron James is one of the best players in the league - and one of the best players to ever play the game.

Now, as a 29-year-old, you're a little bit different than a 26-year-old. But I actually felt really comfortable in Boston. I felt that I was one of the best players in the league at the time. I thought Boston was going to be the home for me for the rest of my career.

There are a lot of good football players in the league. You just try to keep yourself grounded.

I am one of the pioneers, along with those players who went before me, and I'm coming to China to help the league and help more players get to know this league.

Obviously I bet on games I officiated. I passed on information based on the meetings that the referees were having, and based on what the league office wanted us to call in playoff games. With that being said, I was able to win at a high percentage when we were betting on NBA games.

You look at it every year, how many teams are in and out of the playoffs, and how close the league is, it seems like every team is not too far away.

I gave my first interview when I arrived at Chelsea in 2004, and I had said that it had been my dream to play for one of the best clubs in the world and in the best league in the world - this came true, and I am very pleased my dream will last.

I understand there is a lot of pressure on managers to get instant results, but English players know the league, and for them to be given the opportunity and the time as well, there is plenty of talent out there.

Every rookie that thought they was good, I went at them to make sure they knew I was the best point guard in the league, and they had to go through me. That's just the way I was.

Being a point guard in this league, you have to balance out people - the emotions and stuff like that.

I always wanted to do NBA Cares but they didn't want me to represent the league. I just did Matt Cares instead. I went to Africa by myself to do camps and clinics.

Liverpool is a great club, and we have to put Liverpool back in the Champions League.

Chelsea is one of the most important clubs in the most important championship in Europe.

I know Tottenham are not among the biggest clubs in England, but they are considered a very good club to play for, a nice place to play.

I'm passionate about the game - just like the fans are, and I've coached in the league for a long time, so that's the perspective I will bring to ESPN.

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

There are a lot of good coaches in this league, and there are a lot of good coaches out there.

One of the reasons why I wanted to be part of the League Managers Association was because I felt there were an awful lot of foreign coaches coming into these shores, but we were not exporting enough British talent.