Landon Donovan Quotes

The dollar that's being paid the players has hurt the game. The players take advantage of coaches. The players' attitude is, "I make more than you, so don't tell me what to do."

At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.

If you're a professional athlete, and after the game, you're eating at the same place that somebody in the audience is eating at? You're making a mistake.

When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.

I always got along with Borg, who was my greatest rival. People like to see me and Connors, me and Lendl, go at it. We didn't like each other.

A takeover or a player doing something wrong can take the focus away from what the most important thing is, which is to play football.

With the exception of undertakers, athletes are the only professionals obliged to feign sorrow on a daily basis, pretending that every June baseball loss is a tragedy requiring library silence in the clubhouse.

When I was 16 years old, watching football for the first time, the Cowboys were always on TV - unfortunately, looking back at it now - but Jason Witten was the guy who carried himself, in my opinion as a 16-year-old kid, the right way. He was a phenomenal tight end.

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

Just being in the whole environment around the IPL, around the people that you ge to play with and against means it's going to be really, really good.

I am very happy to be playing for Dortmund.

Eighty-two games, it's a long season.

I poked Kenny Walker in the eye by accident. Every time I saw him, I used to apologize to him when I saw him in the NBA.

When you're not in the game, you can watch. Certain players have mannerisms, and they do the same things repetitiously.

I want to be the top player in the league, and I want to bring my game to another level. I want to play against the opposition's best players-and I want to beat them.

Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player. play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.

Like I always said, if I'm one of the top players in the game, pay me like I'm one of the top players in the game.

I want to be remembered as a championship football player.

I want to be the best player to ever play this game.

It's always exciting that you can rub elbows with some of the greatest players who have ever played the game, and just being around the "family" again from baseball.

I think today's athletes generally are spoiled by what's happened to salaries, but I also think that golfers have maintained the best demeanor of any sport.

Nadal's the best player in history on [clay], and he is one of the best-ever players that played this game.

The NBA is tough. Everybody plays hard and every game is vital.

Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.

Cricket is the only game where you are playing against eleven of the other side and ten of your own.