Key Player Quotes

The most important man in the room is the one who knows what to do next.

The name of the game is 'kill the quarterback.' Every football team tries to knock the guy out of the game that's handling the ball.

If you have the money and you find the one player who can make you win and make the difference, no matter how expensive he is, you should do it. But there are not many players in the world who will make a real difference.

You've got to have one of those guys on your ball club that, when you have runners on scoring position, you know that guy is going to drive the ball and put the ball in play and pick them up.

Every team I played for, I pretty much been the dude on it.

I think Marshawn Lynch is the most important player in this football game.

When Jason Koumas is on form, he's the type of player who calls all the strings

Bernardo Silva is a key player, like Thomas Lemar.

Usually when you play a team, you want to focus on one line. Pittsburgh is the only team where you have to focus on one player [Mario Lemieux]. When he's coming toward you, all you see is him.

Xherdan Shaqiri is a player who can make the difference because he can decide games on his own.

On third down, anytime our team needs a play, I want to be the guy that gets the ball.

OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them.

Robinson did not merely play at center stage. He was center stage; and wherever he walked, center stage moved with him.

One thing I know is if I have my best player, I'm not going to let another team take him out of the game so I can throw to somebody else. I'm going to find a way to get my best player involved so they can't take him away.

Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.

Sometimes you need a special player to do something out of the ordinary.

He's the leader on this team, I know when Baltimore let us have him, they thought they were giving us a problem. I'll take problems like that anytime.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

There probably isn't another position in all of team sports that I can think of that has the same level of import as the quarterback.

Every team has a player like Marco Reus who can make the difference.

His return gives England another key to its bow.

I had Lana and she was the number one player on my team

I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the break, an outstanding scorer, whatever it is that they like to do and rely on, you have to work in your plans on taking that completely or as much as possible away from them.

When you lose a good player, it's like losing a quarterback.

When you step on the field, you want to be a starter. You want to be the person everybody looks to and says, 'If we need a play to be made, let's go to him.'