Rio Ferdinand Quotes

Whether we have the best individual players doesnt matter, you have to have the best team

He who gets the best players usually wins.

The more quality players there are, the better it is for the squad.

I'm used to the feeling of playing in a team with high individual quality.

If you don't have the best player in the world in the team, it would be strange if you didn't notice the difference.

Any time you can get a win against a good football team with not a lot of guys healthy, it's a big week for us.

If teams keep playing us this way, it's going to be like this.

The analysis of statistics is a big part of the modern game, and it's important as a modern manager to embrace areas that can help your team and players improve.

People aren't the same. Business is, in my opinion, all about the team that fields the best players. It's not about an idea. An idea goes away. Somebody catches up with it. It's not about a widget.

The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.

All of the teams have great players, but the fans are a major part of it - your atmosphere is what you become.

If certain players do not carry out their tasks properly on the pitch then their colleagues will suffer.

The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy in developing your people.

It's tough, it's not the scenario that we wanted for sure. I thought our desperation was there, we worked hard, but it was one game, a lot can happen, they're a good team, and unfortunately we didn't win. We had some bad bounces, and in one game those make a big difference, and unfortunately it didn't go our way. But if we play hard like that, we play desperate like that and control the puck the way we did down low, I like our chances against any team.

A small team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players.

The only difference between a winning team and a losing team is one game. The winning team can win two out of three games...the losing team can only win one out of three.

I think we deserved to get through and I congratulate the players. We said before the game that nothing was decided and that we had to play a good team which is very dangerous. We did well and we didn't give away many chances.

Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.

The best illustration I can give of his talent is that at Manchester United there was always a possession drill in training designed to develop our passing ability, which might be three players against another three players, or six versus six, or nine versus nine. But no matter what the numbers were, the side with Paul Scholes on their team would always win by keeping the most possession.

I've got a magnificent relationship with Leo (Messi) and Ney (Neymar). They drive the team, with Andres Iniesta as well - what a player. You know if you have a good relationship with them off the pitch it will be that way on the pitch too. They took it as a sign that I had come to help them, not to compete with them.

When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion.

If you give a bad player time, he can play. If you give a good player time, he can kill you.

The only true satisfaction a player receives is the satisfaction that comes from being part of a successful team, regardless of his personal accomplishments.

When everyone has good players, teaching will be a telling difference.

Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.