Athletic Merit Quotes

Olympic champions should be 100 per cent athletes who have made the sacrifices.

I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child of your team, then what else is it? It's got to be a black-white issue. Every white player I know who's the best player on their team is the poster child of that team.

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

Always I say, 'No. 1 in the world without a Grand Slam, you are not a real No. 1.'

I believe that, in principle, it is easier to get into the national team if you perform well at Bayern, compared to what the benefits of playing for other clubs are.

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

Without a doubt in my mind, I should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. You look at my stats without my USFL stats, and I don't know how you can argue with that. Look at my combined yards. I'm not one to make excuses, so I'll play by their rules and not even count the USFL stats.

What one does in one's club is what determines whether one gets called up for the national team.

Sometimes you decide games, but you can't decide a competition. So, Messi's merit is not undone because he hasn't won a World Cup.

Being called up to the national team isn't a competition of who's more patriotic.

If you play well at club level, then, you deserve an invitation for the national team. That's the way it goes.