Jack Wilshere Quotes

I don't want to be known as a super sub. But you have got to be ready to come off the bench and make an impact if you're not in the starting team.

A manager has to convince his hitters that they have to get on base for the next guy and that no player can do it by himself. Sometimes that isn't easy. In the playoffs, you can get into trouble because everybody wants to be a hero.

The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered.

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

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.

Dembele is a player who has been playing regularly, from the bench or the start, and he has quality. When he comes off the bench, he can change a game, and that's a quality that is undervalued in football. Not everybody has that quality.

Being a substitute can be an advantage. I know this situation from the national team. And I am also good as a player coming from the bench.

I have to know the characteristics of the players. I have to adapt myself to the characteristics of the championship and the players. Now I study my players.

Of course there is 'Messidependence.' It would exist in any team in the world, but when he is not there, we also have to play and try to win. Leo is fundamental for us and marks the style; it is well known that he is the best in the world for something.

The more you play, the more you feel part of the squad, and then, in turn, you end up playing better. I think it's a psychological gap as well - if you don't think you're a first-team player, then you won't be.

If you come in this league, and you're comfortable with being a backup, something's wrong.

Pogba was our Usain Bolt - he allowed us to play in a certain way.

It is harder to win Premier League games playing 4-4-2 without having players of the quality the top teams have.

I like playmakers, man, if it's a playmaker on defense or offense, just a guy who is going to put up some points, a guy who's going to be able to change the game.

I just want everyone I am playing with to be fully switched on, really on it. You don't have to be the best player in the team to have an effect on the players around you.

You only get one chance to make the first impression. And I made the biggest first impression ever by throwing the Big Show over the top rope.

Those types of players are always necessary in a team, who are very creative and can break a game open.

I like watching Spanish and Italian games and looking at how they play compared to us.

When you bring one of your top scorers, your top players off the bench, it really gives your team balance.

It's part of my game to occasionally send a message, one that may be unpopular to the outside world, but can be important for the team.

I never rushed the fact that I wanted to be in the NBA or rushed the fact, you know, they asked me about the NBA. I always (unintelligible) back to the fact that I just love playing with my teammates.

I like being the one who makes a difference. On the pitch, I always try to create a special situation.

Good attitudes among players do not guarantee a team's success, but bad attitudes guarantee it's failure.

Andre Tippett was an impact player who consistently played at a level that set him apart. Accounting for him limited what an offense could do. He made quarterbacks nervous.and rightly so.

There's absolutely no way you can go barreling into second and dump a guy on a double play, like you should do, when you've been fraternizing with him before a game.