Thiago Silva Quotes

And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.

The league, is doing well. It is just a matter of trying to sort some things out with my contract.

The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike.

I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports.

It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we didn't have a salary cap.

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.

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

I guess when you get paid over 100 million dollars by one team, it's kind of easy to point the finger at other guys and try to hate on them for trying to get another contract.

I think people have to realize that - and basketball fans do, Lakers fans do - that we have to operate under the rules of the collective bargaining agreement, which means you can't just go and grab every player that you want.

I've argued for a long time here... that I think that one of the things that is absolutely killing parity is the individual maximum salary.

The only way we protect ourselves, the only way a player gets what he wants is by holding out.

I signed a five-year contract with Barcelona. I'll be here for a long time.

Players should get the best deals for themselves whenever they can. Football is a relatively short career.

If a franchise wants me, they'll take me.

You realize it's a business and that teams are going to do what's best for them. That's how it is. That's what we sign up for as a Major League Baseball player.

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

£25million or £30m or £20m - whether you are expensive or not, players are just players.

To be realistic, the big Dutch clubs cannot afford me. That's not because of my wages; it's the transfer fee.

Everything goes fast in football. You can be transferred tomorrow, as you can be in one or two years.

It's not so long ago I was paying £250 a season to play. I don't think in my lifetime it will ever get to wage parity with the men, but we have made so many great strides already.

Clubs have always wanted to buy me during the summer but I have always stayed loyal because I wanted to stay at Arsenal.

The N.F.L.'s rule on underclassmen should be abolished, and the N.B.A. should be discouraged from adding an age limit.

I want the good players of other clubs to stay in the Bundesliga.

It's a business when the NBA cuts you, trades you or waives you. But you're a villain, as a player, when you take your future and your happiness in your own hands and it's unfortunate.

I think Inter have been very clear: if a good offer comes in, they have to let me go. They don't want to lose me, but there is a chance they will let me go.