Judd Trump Quotes

The hand check has always been a part of pro basketball.

It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into the stands.

Free speech is against governments, not against the NBA. So the players and coaches and indeed owners have been fined for their speech, which is costly rather than free. I sort of acknowledge that there is not free speech when you agree to work in the NBA.

Certain Stanley Cup traditions remain intact, including the handshake line between players who had been belting one another for a couple of weeks.

The NFL, and I've played a lot of years for them, and they have a lot of restrictions on their players, they have restrictions on their licensees, they have restrictions on everything.

And that's why, you know, it's players like Randy Moss that unfortunately put a stain on the entire league.

After my 10-match ban in 2013 for biting Branislav Ivanovic, I had questioned the double standards and how the fact that no one actually gets hurt is never taken into consideration.

You do not have to be convicted or even charged of a crime to be able to demonstrate that you've violated a personal conduct policy, and reflect poorly not only on themselves, but all of their teammates, every NFL player in the league, and everyone associated with the NFL.

The message here is you cannot, under any circumstances, throw an object at an official. You just cannot do it.

It is difficult to be yourself on court, as you become very involved in the match and very focused.

Quarterbacks are untouchable nowadays. If you hit a quarterback too hard, or if you fall on him with too much weight - which is a judgment thing from a professional standpoint - you're going to get flagged.

I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals.

Many stories come from the dressing room that one doesn't speak when you are playing but can do once retired.

I don't care whether I am politically correct or not when I tweet.

The way we score is complicated. The rules are strict. The goal on the court is to show nothing, and then when you show something you are a bad person. Getting angry is not allowed. The show that you see on TV is not exciting, like the NFL or NBA, because you are seeing robots.

No one seems to want to do anything about diving in the game apart from me. I'm still amazed by it. Kids everywhere are watching, all copying it. No one seems to care about it.

There's a lot of talented guys, but there's not a lot of guys that play the game that right way.

In this day and age, in modern goalkeeping, if you come out and you catch the ball and you get smacked, you're going to get the foul.

I never agreed too much about players talking about former teammates when they go somewhere else. I've never been a fan of that.

I'm not loud. Not gonna be crazy with the refs.

As soon as you come into the England team, the ICC get hold of you; you're put through this video, which is very watchable, very clear - it takes you back to when you were five or six, that's how clear it is. It outlines everything you're not allowed to do, everything you are allowed to do.

I have always tried to be myself on the pitch and probably my biggest pleasure is when fans of other teams come to show me their respect.

As a player, you can't express ideas and opinions as easily as when you're doing a ballgame.

Freedom of movement, which is a great rule, doesn't mean freedom to go to the rim for a layup or freedom to take any shot you want to take or me going in there and not playing through contact.

I'm not a dirty player.