Memphis Depay Quotes

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

I didn't understand anything about playing baseball. I started playing, and it was enjoyable. Most of my life, I played with older people on my team, in my league. I learned a lot about life. Every day in my life, I learned something new from somebody.

The thing I like about college football so much is you can affect these guys a lot more when they are 18-22, 23 years old in terms of people and having a chance to be more successful. They are still a value type development, where you have a chance to help them mature a bit and help them be a little more successful in life.

The whole thing is develop players, develop them as people, develop teams.

I learned a lot from the coaches I played for.

Every kid I've been around as a football player, they want their coaches to make them better as men and as players.

I'm aware that I'm now a role model for younger players. I bring more maturity to practice - it's more of a work environment to me, where I consciously work to get better each day.

Kids in sports - it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.

Sports not only build better athletes but also better people.

I've spent my entire life around coaches.

Getting into the senior squad was an important step for me. I can learn a lot, not only on the pitch but also in everyday life.

I try and focus on the youth coming up, and I think tennis is a great sport regardless of how far you make it: just, obviously, a lot of good life lessons.

I want to improve as a football player, but even more importantly, I really want to improve as a person.

When you're younger, it's about, 'How can I get better? How can I become the player that I want to be?' As you get older, it's, 'How can this football team improve?' While all along getting better along the way.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

And like I said, I appreciate my older brothers because they would not allow me to win. They made me learn to play with them, which I think is the most important thing that I learned.

I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made a lot of wonderful friends.

Coach Bo Pelini and coach Carl Pelini are two coaches I talk to on a regular basis, especially coach Bo. They are coaches I feel elevated my game.

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.

I used to get stressed out all the time when I thought winning was important. I wanted to try to win and help my kids win. Once I figured out it wasn't about winning or losing, it was about teaching these kids about being men, that's when I started to relax.

I think some of my best theatre training has been in the Marine Corps. Not only meeting a bunch of characters, but growing up. You're in really adult situations at a young age, as far as being in charge of people.

And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.