C. J. McCollum Quotes

There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.

Jurgen Klopp was very astute in seeing Keita's ability and potential to develop.

Ursula Nordstrom was famous for finding artists in unlikely places. Maurice Sendak was a window designer, and she just came across one of his windows. Everyone was looking to find a talent.

So I'm going to tell you, it's going to be a good year. There are good players all over this country, and it is our job as a scouting department to find them, draft them, sign them, develop them, and help us to continue to win championships. So it's going to be a good year.

Now, would we like to have that super quarterback? Absolutely. And if we have the opportunity to get that person or develop that person, that's what we'll do.

However, there is no assurance that we can produce world class players so soon. Only time can tell.

As a scouting department, with the confidence we have in our player development, if a guy has the potential that we think they have and the makeup and they stay healthy, we think they will be a productive Major Leaguer. We take a lot of pride in that.

Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.

To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL.

Judging ballplayers and turning in reports, giving my opinion of who will get to the big leagues and who will not... I think my baseball judgment was really good.

If a better player comes along, I will try to persuade the club to get him in. Sometimes, you can do your business and all of a sudden something appears that you never expected to appear.

If you identify those guys - something we have done in the past - who are not as valued in the current market for whatever reason and you look to get them to play at a higher level than where they have come from. That's how you develop the team.

A lot of great songs get looked over.

I'm a good special teams coach, and I can recruit.

As an NBA executive, I'm always looking for untapped potential. As a proud native of Nigeria, I believe that Africa is one of the world's greatest resources in that area.

There are more second-, third-, fourth-, fifth- and so on in the big leagues than first-round picks.

Sometimes it takes a few years to land that special player.

There is a big emphasis at Liverpool to have an academy that brings through young players.

For a club to come and get you, they are going to use you at some stage.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

Don't worry too much on pathways programs: good players find a way to get through to play for their country.

In any national team, the young players who have quality and the right mentality will stand out. And that's how it should be.

Liverpool followed me for a long time. When I arrived in the offices there, they showed me cassettes of me in the Under-15s. Everyone knew me. I couldn't believe it.

The key for scouting is trying to predict when the player is peaking.

Regions' role in detecting and developing a raw talent is no secret, as they work so hard to produce top class players who go on to represent departments, then national team, and also play in different leagues of the world.