LeSean McCoy Quotes

Like every player, I want to start more matches rather than be used as a substitute.

I think you just have to be more aggressive when you come off the bench.

Speaking to the coach has been my number-one criterion at every club I've played for to find out what he expects from me, how he will make me improve, and that he'll play me.

I wanted to prove that I could be a starter. And then once I realized I was gonna be a sixth man and it wasn't gonna change, I just relished the role. I just said, 'I'm going to make it really hard on whoever it is that has to guard me these next 10-11 minutes that I'm in here.' And after a while you just create an identity.

I don't like it if I'm not part of the starting 11.

I never enjoyed being taken off as a striker.

That really helps a player, knowing when they're going to go in the game and what they need to do when they get in there, what to expect.

Mentally, starting the game versus coming off the bench, there are different vibes.

For me, being a starter doesn't matter. Of course, I'd like to be in at the end of the game, to be a big part of the team, and to play as many minutes as I can play. But starting and coming off the bench are two different challenges.

In any footballer's head there comes a point where he recognises that he needs to be playing more games.

At Palace, I feel like a first-team player, and I have got the opportunity to play every week.

It's no good if you are at a so-called best team, but you sit on a bench.

You never know what could happen. Someone could get injured early in the game, so everyone knows they have to be ready. Anyone can come on at any stage in the game and make the difference.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

Early in the year, you never know how teams are going to be.

If a team has multiple looks, it's so hard to stand in front of your team and say, 'This is the scouting report. This is what you have to prepare for.'

Coming off the bench, I'm able to view the game, see how their bigs are playing. And what I bring to the table is energy. The starters go in and run their bigs for a bit. When I check in it's time to punch the clock and play hard.

I was never a super sub before I came to City. I used to play always from the beginning, and I scored a lot of goals not as a sub.

Actually I think it's better for me to come off the bench, because for them first couple of minutes when that first five is in there, you can see the little things and what you need to do when you get in there.

In football, everything can change.

Coming on as a sub, it's always different - you never know what the game is going to be like.

At Golden State, it was basically a guard-oriented offense and it wasn't either around me or in my direction.

It's hard in England. If I didn't score for three games, there was the chance someone would take my place or I would be loaned out.

If it was up to me, obviously I would start every game, but that decision is up to the coach.

I didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge.