Steve Clevenger Quotes

Of course it's normal for people to say, 'Yeah, this player changed teams because of the money.' That could be the case sometimes, but after a certain level of success? No.

It's a business. But as a player, it sucks to know you were just thrown into a trade for it to work.

You cannot be mad at somebody for wanting to play for another team.

I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.

Today, free agency takes away a lot of your heroes, they go somewhere else. Some of them don't but a lot of them do-take the higher offer to go somewhere else. And, it turns the fans off because they get attached to the players.

Come on, when does it come to the point where your name can't come up in trade talks? Willie Mays got traded. Pedro Martinez got traded. So what? That's part of the game.

A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.

You see great players, Hall of Fame players that didn't stay with their team.

I think the big thing with Philly is I have such a great relationship with all the personnel decision makers that if there ever does come a day where I am traded or something does happen, it's going to be an open conversation.

Everybody - come on - everybody is going to get traded at some point.

Free agents want to go to a winner and get paid.

Being traded a couple times - and I've been traded after winning Rookie of the Year - is out of your control.

We have always made sure that players who have played for CSK, even those who came from other franchises for whatever reason, have performed well.

I can hardly think of any players that have really walked out of their own volition while there were still teams that really wanted them at a fair price.

The team doctor, the team trainers, they work for the team. And I love 'em, you know. They're some good people, you know. They want to see you do good. But at the same time, they work for the team, you know. They're trying to do whatever they can to get you back on the field and make your team look good.

I'm so proud to play for a big club like Arsenal.

Most of the time, before you get traded, there are rumblings. I wasn't totally surprised that I was going to get traded - I anticipated it happening. And I wasn't surprised that I got traded to the Knicks, either.

If Milan agrees to let me go, and if there's an agreement between the clubs, I would love to play for Madrid.

Obviously, getting traded halfway through the year is always tough. New faces, new teammates, guys you played against but don't know on a personal level.

The thing I really want to do is make the All-Star team and have an All-Star season. If I do that, then I know my team is going to be winning.

Many managers bring players they have previously worked with into a new club - but that doesn't always mean they will continue to enjoy success together.

I've seen players in the past who wanted to stay with their team, and it didn't work out.

Sometimes you can line up with a quarterback after getting traded or going to a new team, whether it's the draft or whatever, and it not go smooth.

Early in the year, you never know how teams are going to be.

Expectation builds the one thing you must have when you get to a new stadium when it's built, which is a winning team.