Bill James Quotes

LeBron is the best player in our league, but some people have a hard time playing with him.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right.

I love to work with people who are great at what they do.

How do you make people do the best work? You make them feel comfortable, so you can feel comfortable - and then you can have a really good ballgame!

I really believe the only thing you can control in those situations is what you do as a player but also how you interact with your teammates, which is critical.

In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.

I don't care how good you are, teams can be put under pressure.

Teams that consistently perform at the highest levels are able to come together and be unified across the organization - staff, players, coaches, management, and ownership. When everyone is on the same page, trust develops, and teams can grow and succeed together.

You don't know how many times I was in the huddle, asking my teammates to help me call a play.

With directing, it's all out there, in the moment and in real-time. The pressure and all of the eyes are on you, and you've gotta do it. That is the place that made me nervous.

Every player in every team speaks to each other in order to improve the quality on the pitch - that communication is necessary.

In all things, you need a good organization. You can have the best player in the world; if you do not have the best team, you will not win.

Always, at a big team, there's very hard competition.

Tactics are so important because everybody has to know what they have to do on the pitch. The relationships and behaviours off the pitch between team-mates have to be as good as possible.

I have had so many team-mates who have been technically better than me.

More often than not as a quarterback, your performance is a reflection of the guys around you. I've been fortunate to be around some pretty good guys.

I've been dealing with a lot of pressure coming from Syracuse and having the ball in my hands my sophomore year after a bunch of guys left. And it was my job to lead the team.

There are things you can do in training like learn from the manager and talk with team-mates, but it's the game that tests you.

It takes a lot to be a good player. It takes a lot to be a winning team.

When you are captain at the same time, that's when it gets difficult and when your own game starts to decay because you have other worries and pressures.

It's no simple task getting the very best from each and every member of the squad.

I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people to do your job.

As a goalkeeper, I needed good players around me. I needed Nemanja Vidic, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Wayne Rooney. It's the same as a CEO.

IPL is such a tournament that you end up knowing about the strengths and weaknesses of everyone because you are playing with so many people in the same side.