Ashley Wagner Quotes

I think I chose wisely. When it came down to it, I knew I was a better goalkeeper than I was a bowler.

Any player who is in a national team is their because he deserves to be.

In terms of merit, sports has mathematical statistics. That's how you know who the best player is.

I'll look and pick the best, and the one who can do the best job for the party.

I'm being compared to the impossible. I never saw Mays, Aaron or Clemente play. What about the people I face every day? Tim Raines is the best? Mattingly is the best? Why not compare me to my peers?

The commission process in America and England is different. In America, they do it through an interview process, and it's really based on whether they like you or not. I mean, it's nothing to do with whether you do the best scheme or the worst scheme.

Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.

The owner always has the final say. You have to decide who is going to be the best fit for the organization.

We had a very exhaustive, extensive search for the guy that is going lead our football team over the next few years. We spent about two months in an in-depth interview process, and Bret came out with flying colors. We are absolutely thrilled that he is our head coach.

If they did it like they did it in '96 or whenever, just picking it from one meet, what if someone had the meet of their life but they're not usually a good competitor? That could be really bad for the team. So, I think this is the best way.

It is also absolutely necessary that the examinations should be competitive, and the appointments given to those who are most successful. A mere pass examination never, in the long run, does more than exclude absolute dunces.

In my experience and observation, senior appointments are rarely based entirely on merit.

Unless you are a good bowler, you won't be in the India A side.

We will give importance to performance while choosing officials.

I have told the PCB that I want total independence to work with a free mind and pick the best players, and they have assured me it will be done.

No beating around the bush. Give me the guys that are next in line, the guys that deserve it, and let's go.

You have to adapt and find your niche, in terms of the type of player you can become, both on and off the pitch. I always knew I'd have no chance against a 1.90m, 90kg defender in a duel, so the key is to avoid these situations altogether. You have to pick your space and time.

I'm the best player in the draft. I truly feel that way. But I feel like you can ask anybody in the draft and they would have said the same thing. I just feel like I showcased it on many levels and I was put through so many different scenarios where I had to make the best out of it. And I had a lot of success with it.

I have never run after the captaincy in my entire career. It is something for the cricket board to decide.

It's a goal to get myself in the squad for the World Cup.

I'm no slouch, but when comparing LeBron's game, I'm usually left out.

If you can't field you can't play for Pakistan. It's as simple as that.

I feel like I am a good player.

Everyone's got talent at the level we're at. But being a smart, tough football player - there's a huge premium for that.

When I'm healthy and competing, I'm just a different type of player. That's the type of player everyone fell in love with.