Bob Stoops Quotes

There's nothing like the camaraderie of being around the other players.

When you're around a sport awhile and sort of get to know everybody, you start to appreciate people more instead of just seeing a number and a sponsor and a competitor.

The dressing-room environment is very difficult to replicate, camaraderie is very important.

I think that's part of the beautiful game. It's kind of this special relationship that happens in football, where you get kind of influenced by the people around you and the different cultures around you and it allows you to grow and develop.

Tito Ortiz and I, in that short time that we worked together, we created a very nice connection. We became a family. I learned many things from him as he must also have learned from me. We talked as friends, and a good friend always wants your best.

I love the locker room.

That's what is cool about football: you build life-long relationships.

I just think it's great in cricket to come into a team environment. It's the first time I've ever experienced it.

My teammates, they kid me all the time. My nickname is the doctor or the president in the locker room.

I love team environments, like the Celtics, the Bruins. I love going into the locker room and meeting these guys.

Somehow, it is hard to dislike a man once you have played a round of golf with him.

A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.

My teammates would never say anything bad about me, even if they thought it. That's the kind of locker room we have.

I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.

Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money.

It's just good to be back in the locker room.

If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.

Sports can bring people together in a way that politics cannot.

I was the youngest of about nine boys in the neighborhood, and we played ball all the time, and I looked up to them, and they let me play around with them, and we just had a good time.

I was always out playing sports in situations that didn't matter with my friends.

I like to create a good atmosphere in the dressing room.

The coaches that I've had, my teammates that I've met throughout this journey, it's something that you can't take away. It almost feels like a degree. You can't take that away from somebody.

I believe that I've improved a lot as a player and a person, because being surrounded by great players on a daily basis helps your development out on the pitch.

There is a family atmosphere at Inter, and there are all the ingredients to aim high.

Just to be in the locker room with the NHL players, go out to dinner with them, hang out with them. I feel like it was an invaluable experience and kind of like going to Harvard law school, I guess, because that's the best education you could get being around guys like that.