Marv Albert Quotes

Sometimes people take struggling on the court to an extreme level.

When I played, a pitcher could throw at you any time he wanted to. In fact, he could tell you he was going to throw at you, and there was nothing said. You had to take it. If he hit ya, he hit ya.

When you hit a player in the head, you're more apt to get some fisticuffs or, you know, bring both teams out on the field, but it was more accepted that - in the '50s, '60s and '70s. I think nowadays it's a little over-policed because I will always believe that knocking a hitter down, even hitting a hitter at, sometimes, is part of baseball.

There are times when hard fouls are just a part of the game, and then there's times when they're a little bit further than that.

Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.

If you have knocked over a batsman once - fine, it happens. Twice, OK. But more than that in the space of a few Tests then there is definitely something to work with.

I just don't like when guys come and do dirty plays.

It is okay to play tough and try to hit guys hard in the course of the play - that's fine - but I don't like unnecessary roughness or things that happen after the play.

Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a communist.

I'm kind of a dirty guy, a little Bill Laimbeer-ish. Those are the guys I used to watch growing up. I used to watch Karl Malone; now I watch Boozer and Elton Brand and try to emulate those guys as much as possible because those guys are about the same size as me.

In football, you can always maim a person if you wanted to.

I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.

I was surprised I won the award because I've always been a very aggressive player and I earn my share of fouls on the court. I play rough, and because I'm an older player, of course I use tricks on the younger players.

Bill Romanowski was one of the most feared players to play, not only because of his intensity, but because he played through the whistle and after the whistle.

When we were playing, it was rough and tough. Even superstars like me fouled out a lot.

I've done it before, and I might do it whenever we need to as a big guy... I'll take it. A hard foul is part of the game, which is good.

It's no secret that I enjoyed the physical side when I was a player. I was a bumps-and-bruises man.

I like to bump people, to feel me getting into somebody's jersey. I'm just different. I like contact, like physical play, like pushing and holding. But I'm not dirty.

I'm an old-fashioned player, an old-school player who will foul you and foul you hard.

I'm always a player who has taken fairly rough treatment, to be honest. I think my time in Scotland typified that because I think there was one game where I set a record for being fouled ten or 11 times in a game.

Premier League players are a lot cleverer, but they don't like being roughed up. They're not used to that.

Guys come to play against Brazil and want to intimidate, putting their hands on us, talking, wanting to hit us.

I never want to hurt a player but being physical is different. Body to body.

What you really need to do is just stop the 3-point shooting, make sure they don't set a record on you. Be physical.

People would really hate playing against me if I could touch them.