Eniola Aluko Quotes

A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.

I think the NBA just, overall, when you need somebody to blame, the first person that you go to is the coach. But at the end of the day, you need the right players that match each other. Not just the best players. Chemistry helps.

I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions.

It's all right buying all these good players but they've got to gel, and that takes time.

You are only as successful as the people who work for you want you to be.

You've got to be extremely careful, because you could be with a great team, and you could be the product of a great team. There are some players that stand out despite the teams that they play on, and there are some players that are good because of the team that they're with.

You can't really compare teams just because of two or three players.

It's not a successful captain that makes a successful team.

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

I would say for a team to win, you don't need big names. You just need the right pieces.

Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?

It's no good if you are at a so-called best team, but you sit on a bench.

Some teams take a while to jell; some click right away.

I have been in many teams that have had loads of talent but did not make it through and been with teams that did not have that much talent and ended up being champions.

Whenever you get traded out and you are playing for a winning team, it's always good.

Each season and each team is different. It takes on a different personality every year.

Early in the year, you never know how teams are going to be.

We pick players on their profiles. Over the years, I've learned that, if you have one cog that's not quite right in the system, that flow of how you want to play can't work.

Football is a collective sport and many times it doesn't depend on you playing well. It depends if the team is playing well.

When your team does well and you're winning then everyone has success from that. You see that with all Cup-winning teams. Those guys end up having long careers.

It's not always the best roster that wins, it's the best team, and sometimes that maybe doesn't jell all that well.

There are teams spending a lot of money and buying top players from all over the world but it is not about money - it is about your team-mates.

When the team is doing well, individual performances don't count.