Clarence Seedorf Quotes

You can have a contract that is better than your friends, but no player looks back and says, 'I won more money.'

I'm a Chicago kid. So, of course, I'm open to playing for the Chicago Bulls if that's a team that's interested in me. At the same time, any decision that is made, it's never personal. It's always business. I have to make the right decision for me and my family.

I could play for the worst team if they paid the most... If the last-place team offers $200 million and the first-place team offers $10, I'm going to go for the $200-million no matter what team it was.

Of course it's normal for people to say, 'Yeah, this player changed teams because of the money.' That could be the case sometimes, but after a certain level of success? No.

Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives?

There is no winter break, and I think that is the most evil thing of this culture. It is not good for English football. It is not good for the clubs or the national team, and I think you should change it.

I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.

In WCW, your future was determined by the time you signed the contract. I was the lowest-paid guy in the company at $75,000.

I don't want to be in a position like, O.K., just give me a contract and I'll be on the team and play every two games. I don't want to be like that.

In the modern era, with the rewards the top players have during their career and the risks involved moving into management, more will look at it and say they don't need it.

Free agents want to go to a winner and get paid.

To play in the white shirt of England is an honour, and you give your all every time you step on the pitch.

I'm very choosy when it comes to work. It's not like whatever comes my way, I will agree to do it. But if I'm getting good money and exposure and if the content is satisfying, what's the harm in doing it, even if it's yet another reality show?

If someone plays five good games in a row for the Bavarians, there is more talk about them being in the national team than of those who play five good games in a row for Dortmund or Wolfsburg or Bayer Leverkusen.

When I put on the U.S. jersey, I play for myself, I play for my family, and I play for the team. That's really all I do.

People think I got loads of money at City and then left for Chelsea to chase more money. I didn't get that money. I moved to Chelsea because they made promises to me. They told me I would get opportunities, I would play and that they believed in me as a young player.

I just want to play for a team that wants me. So whichever team wants me I'll play for.

I was treated like a state enemy after throwing the captain's armband. Things went a lot further than I thought. I am the only one that paid a price as I'm no longer part of the national team. I sacrificed myself so that the team won't be booed anymore and players won't be cursed.

This is the business of football and nothing is guaranteed to you as a player, coach or anybody else. They don't have to give you the money. They don't have to give you a longterm contract.

If I didn't play the way how I played, I wouldn't have gotten no max contract.

I will play for my country until my legs won't allow it or the national coach doesn't call me.

When I got drafted, I just wanted a jersey. Once they gave me the jerseys, like, I was just hoping that they kept me on the team.

The challenge of coaching a national side like England would be something different. The job is not about coaching every day.

Considering the relatively brief careers of professional athletes, teenagers who are good enough to play at the highest level should be able to exploit that market.

I would love to play for the Bucs. But that being said, I think if you find the team that wants you, that's going to be the right team.