Game Impact Quotes

I'm used to having the ball, man. So, not really having the ball in my hands... it's just me trying to find different ways to impact the game.

I'd rather be remembered as a player who came on and impacted a lot of games for England. If I ever take a selfish thought-process of, 'I'm doing this for myself,' then things will be seriously wrong.

I'm just trying to affect the game in some way whenever I get an opportunity. If that's stealing a base, making a catch, beating out a double play, whatever it may be.

The NBA tries to be about flash. But real fans recognize the guy who makes things happen.

A player cannot rely only on his name to make a difference but also has to work hard and make things happen on the pitch.

Every play I give max effort because it can make the game.

In 1962, my injury wasn't because of violence; I just kicked the ball and it happened. And that was OK because Brazil won; I didn't have any difficulty in accepting that. I still got a medal because I'd played two games.

Pogba's a massive player. I know him a little bit. He's unbelievable. He took a red card, and that's the way it goes: you have injuries and suspensions.

Any time a quarterback can protect the ball and not throw interceptions, that's huge.

When I putt well, I do very well. When I putt poorly, I struggle to be in the game.

It's important to score some goals and make the decisive pass for my club.

I don't judge my performance on how many assists I have or how many points I have.

I think at some point during the course of the game, I will have an impact - whether it's blocking or whether it's catching the football.

It's not just about your name. It's about what you do for your team and your value on the defensive end of the court. That's all that matters.

If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm not going to forget it. If there are runners on second and third and two out, and if the umpire has just given the hitter an extra strike and the next pitch goes into the hole and both runs score, I've got to say something to the guy.

Obviously when you're a striker you need to score. The manager's not going to just play you if you're not scoring.

That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want to talk about mechanics.

I want to be the player who hits home runs, drives in runs.

You know, I have a responsibility to my team that if I'm going to be on the floor, then I have to make a difference.

Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.

OK, Wayne Rooney is always the center of attention, and I always have to answer questions about him. But Wayne is Wayne, and he will always contribute in a game.

Since I was a kid, I dreamed of making it to the league and having the type of impact on the game Michael Jordan had and continues to have today.

I try and affect the game in every way.

Hopefully, at the end of my career, I can look back and say, 'Wow, what a game it was in Game 3 in 2011'.

You have to measure your success by the way your audience responds to your games. No matter how small that audience is, it's yours. Your game is part of the lives and the memories of those people in a way that WordPerfect or Lotus 1-2-3 or Windows can never be.