Rodney Hood Quotes

Rondo's a great player, and most teams look at it that anytime you have a chance to get a great player, you do it.

I don't know why you would trade a stud pitcher.

For several years, I have had my eye on second baseman Del Pratt of St. Louis. I cannot say that he is a better player than our own Joe Gedeon, but he has played better ball, and we wanted him. Well, how did I get him? I paid $15,000 in cash and gave away a number of good players for him. But what can you do?

Sometimes you have to manage, and you have to sell two or three players who aren't playing many games.

I was forced to leave my hometown, and Napoli sold me to Juventus.

Players can't really control where they go, can't control what a coach thinks of them or if a club wants to sell them.

I am the MVP and I gotta worry about the trade talk.

In real football, I wouldn't want Terrell Owens anywhere near my team. But you're nuts if you don't take him in fantasy.

When you play professionally, you get accustomed to turnover. Players come and go - they get injured, they get transferred, they get cut from the team. Coaches are hired, and coaches are fired. It's just part of the world you live in.

We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

Nobody wants to give up good players.

When I went to the Dolphins, we retained most of their coaching staff, and of course, we had a few veteran players. So, I just tried to add a few pieces here and there.

Anytime a guy gets traded at midseason - a young player - it's surprising.

We have to understand the abilities of the players. We will try to build a game model with our ideas and with the players we have.

Sometimes you can line up with a quarterback after getting traded or going to a new team, whether it's the draft or whatever, and it not go smooth.

This is football, things can change very fast. Let's be clear about it though: I will not be used as change to facilitate someone else's transfer.

I think people have to realize that - and basketball fans do, Lakers fans do - that we have to operate under the rules of the collective bargaining agreement, which means you can't just go and grab every player that you want.

When a scout recommends a brilliant right back or a coach recommends one from our academy, we want the manager to weigh up what is right for the team.

I'm not stupid - if you buy one of the world's best goalkeepers, it's not to keep him on the bench.

Every season, players come in and players go, but I think it is good news if top players come in.

Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.

It's up to the manager where and how every player should play, but I think every player should be comfortable in that position.

Everybody - come on - everybody is going to get traded at some point.

It is down to the manager what he wants to do in the transfer window. Us as players, we just have to focus on each game that comes along and try and do our best.