Penny Hardaway Quotes

As a player, you always want to play - it would be wrong to say otherwise - but you can always understand the manager's reasons if he decides to leave you out.

There comes a time in any proud sportsman's career when you have to make the difficult decision to stop.

I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone.

I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was stepping down at my 65th birthday, I was already regretting it. And I regretted it every day since.

The further I get away from coaching, the more I know I made the right decision. You almost forget how wonderful family life is.

Jerry Rice made the decision and we honestly tried to accommodate him the best way we can.

I have decided to resign totally and finally all official positions. I shall return to private life.

I’ve made the decision to get off the stage.

My coach keeps telling me to say I'm not going to retire. I should just go through the motions and see what I feel every year and see if I really want to do it, but personally, I want to do it, but my coach says just take your time, don't rush.

I had been playing polo, and I decided to give up at the age of 50.

The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered.

Because it was my decision to stop racing, I feel fine not being a driver anymore.

Every coach, during a game, it is important to understand the situation to change.

I played rugby until I was 15, 16 and I eventually had to say, 'No, I have to choose one' and it was obviously going to be football, I miss playing rugby a lot.

It was tough to quit football. But after I was injured, I didn't want people paying money to see only half a John Matuszak.

After much deliberation I have made the decision to retire from playing international football.

I loved football. I'm so glad I played. But I didn't think it was wise for me to play longer.

Pep Guardiola saw me as a central player in his system, which my style of play fit into perfectly.

When I was at Villa and I was captain there and I had the opportunity to go to City, it played on my mind I wouldn't be as pivotal. So initially I didn't want to go, but a lot of things happened behind the scenes and I realised I had to go.

To lead a group of players is to lead a group of people with different ways of thinking. You have to be prepared for that and know more than just about football. You have to speak a lot to the players, have to make them feel what you expect of them. Have to convince them. Therefore, it's very important for a coach to have a life outside football.

I think, at the end of the game, guys gotta trust themselves more. I think sometimes - not myself, but sometimes, guys - they look to Kobe too much.

Football management is about managing people.

You can never say never in this game, but I can't see myself boxing again. There's loads of things I want to do.

No team can play really good in 50 games. During the season, you will not play that well all the time.

In an effort to devote more time, energy and focus to fewer projects, I've had to make some tough decisions, and one such decision was 'retiring' from 'Speakeasy.'