Gary Neville Quotes

Sometimes clubs take their ownership of a young player for granted and do not necessarily do the best thing for their development.

Every other sport has player's representation. We don't really have that officially - I know there's like a little players' committee but there's not a players' association, which is what we really need.

The NFL does a great job of taking care of the players.

Administrators guide players and I have played for such a long time, I understand how it feels as a player. You can say I am a player's administrator.

I'd like to think I'm always going to defend our players.

I manage every player as well as I possibly can, regardless of which club they're from, what their roots are.

We've got to do better at taking care of players and making sure the fans get the best of the players when they're showcasing their abilities.

The amount of staff we have in academies is... I've never seen anything like it. It's good to take care of the players but sometimes I get confused by the number of people who have an impact on one kid - we're talking 100 people or more. It's quite a heavy load.

The whole object of the players' association is to try and make sure that any individual is able to capitalise on his ability, particularly in football, which is a very short career.

The team comes first. We want to keep all of our players. We want to take care of all of our players, but the team comes first.

Wenger is an immense manager and a great man. He takes care of his players, maybe too much. He's not a man of conflict.

I'm thankful for the collaboration between the WRU and Ospreys, which will look after my best interests and enables me to play the best rugby possible.

Everything was professional at United. They really take care of their players.

When it comes to the NFLPA, I don't have problem saying what's right, whether it upsets somebody or not.

I think you need people who can advise you; that is more important that an agent. They are important because they help players move, but I have some experience of agents working with players who have done things not to help the player but to help themselves.

Always protecting the players is not good.

Messi never wants to be subbed off, but it's my task to take care of him.

I'm going to actively fight for players' rights. Not while I'm in college. I'm always going to keep a consistent track record of what I believe in. But I don't have the clout or the means.

You as an individual coach have a responsibility to try to give those players who put themselves at risk and in harm's way a chance to achieve success, and that goes for universities and professional teams, as well.

Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car. You are baby-sitting rich, spoiled kids... I don't know where you parked your car!

I learned a lot in the Minor Leagues, spending six years there. I honed my skills, as far as coaching goes. I was able to work with the players in a lot of facets of the game.

Coaches coach guys on the field. I get to spend time with practice squad receivers and tight ends or a young center who's always inactive on Sundays... I feel really good about having an impact on those guys and their careers.

I was also lucky to play for an owner, Bud Selig, who truly cared about his players. He'd call me into his office once in a while when he knew things weren't going so well. And it's funny. Every time I left there I always felt like something good was about to happen.

They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests.

There's rule changes every year. I do wish, however, that the NFL did have a voice from the players' side, whether it's our players' union president, or team captains, or our executive committee on the players' side. Because we're the guys that realize the risk; we're the guys on the field.