Graeme Souness Quotes

In Test matches, you have to play consistent cricket for a period of time.

The main aim of pre-season is to get ready for the competitive games and go into those in the best possible fashion on group and individual levels.

I am a professional player, and I will naturally do everything to be in goal.

In the Premier League, almost everyone is difficult to beat; it depends on how you begin a game and how you play in the game.

I think I can play along with Balotelli, but I do not make the decisions.

When you are a footballer, you will not always play 90 minutes. Sometimes you are not happy, but this is not important for me.

In a way, the manager plays as big part, but you, as a player, are on the pitch. He cannot make you run if you don't want to; he cannot make you make the right decision in the heat of the moment.

When the manager asks me to play somewhere, I play there. But my best position is midfield.

Arsenal is a team that needs good footballers and leaders on the field.

When we have a ball at our feet, we footballers are delighted, but what happens behind the scenes is not always all that pretty.

Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

I don't know if you could take a whole 90 minutes and say that was the best game we ever played.

Everyone knows the game is about the players.

There are few secrets in football. So execute.

You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.

Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to make those decisions about who plays.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

Club or national training is the same. We play as we train.

If Messi is on top form, then his team can win everything.

At City I went back there on the basis of playing for manager Mark Hughes.

When I go into games as a forward, my job is really clear, and I just have to execute. But as a midfielder, you get to sort of enjoy the game more, and you get to feel the game and dictate the play.

I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.

I think Messi is an absolute giant in the game. Not so much because of his dribbles and actions. That's why most people rate him. But I think, differently from others, that he is phenomenal in his teamplay and combination play.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.