Great Players Quotes

When I first heard Madrid were interested, nothing else mattered. I just wanted to come here. This is the best club in the world, with the best coach and great players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel Di Maria... so many great players.

I've played with some great players and against some great players, and Sonny is special, he's so humble and I think that you underestimate that because of the work he puts in, then his quality, outstanding left foot, right foot.

They are among the three best in the world: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar are the three best players in the world and I'm happy I have one of them playing alongside me.

All the great players are welcome in Paris.

The difference between the good players and the great is how long they stay in their prime.

I'm a fan of Kobe and LeBron. People always try to make me pick one or the other, but I think they're both great. They both deliver.

You define great players as guys that are out there grinding, battling every day with their team.

There are not many number fives but the best are Busquets, Tiago, Gabi... I also learn a lot from Xabi Alonso. He is also among the top.

There are a lot of great players that never got a chance to play for a national championship. And I got a chance to play for two.

I think all great players set a target for themselves in their careers. Mine was to win a world title with Brazil, which I did twice.

You have to have great players and great coaches working with you.

When you look at all of the great players who ever played the game, they all had that other gear that they could go to, and it makes a world of difference.

I've played with and against great players. I've been with Viv Richards, Richie Richardson and played against Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jaque Kallis and Virat Kohli is up there with the very best.

It's always nice to be in great company and to be among great players.

Guys who chum it up are just OK. Guys who are great players are loners.

We have some great players at Chelsea and the most important is the goal to win.

I think about the great players with whom I have shared a pitch: Eric Cantona, Zinedine Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo - and the greatest of them all is Messi.

I think most cricket fans would accept that Dravid and Tendulkar are very different individuals but they are both great players.

The best I've played against is Luis Figo. As for team-mates, it has to be Zinedine Zidane. He made things easier for everybody.

It's in the knockout games that you discover who the great players really are.

Good players create opportunities. The great players and the great people seize them

Whenever a team has three weeks to prepare, and it's an excellent coach and coaching staff and great players, you've got to work on it all.

You've just got to bring it every night. And that's what makes the great players great.

I was a good football player, and I had a chance to play with some great players.

There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.