League Change Quotes

The contracts are structured different than athletes in America, but for me, it was good to move on and go back to playing in the premiere league, which is the best league. It was disappointing, as far as the team goes, but for me, there wasn't much I could do.

You can take a sidewards step in the Premier League, go to a team in the Championship or come to a team in League One.

I do not see myself returning to Ligue 1. I love the Premier League. I like my life in England.

I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.

The league has changed in so many ways. There are no point guards anymore, there are no centers anymore; it's all positionless basketball.

I know it will take a little time to adapt to a different team and a different league.

People think I don't have experience in the second division, but we were promoted with Tenerife and Extremadura, and I was the coach of the reserve team with Real Madrid in the second division. I know what it means to go from this level to another level. I realise how difficult it is.

I want to play in a stronger league than the Eredivisie.

Why PSG? Because to leave United, the biggest team in England, you need something like PSG, which is the biggest in France. I could not play in another English club.

When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.

It's not that easy to come from the Bundesliga into the Premier League. It's something different.

I was ready to leave Holland and Serie A is a big step for me.

I love Nakamura, but it's a transition for anybody who comes to WWE.

It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league.

I think the league is going to be changing because there's so much money that teams have. And they can spend so much.

It should be an easy, seamless transition for me to the NFL, and I'm looking forward to it.

All I can promise the supporters of Reading is that I come in here and give 100%, I try to get the team successful on the pitch, and we try to do that as quickly as possible. The Championship is a league that can very quickly change and we hope to change for the better.

There seemed to be a feeling that switching from the Belgian league to the Premier League was too big a step and therefore too big a risk. It needed a few players to prove otherwise then it paved the way for others.

It's a big step up for me, coming from the Championship to the Premier League, and, at the end of the day, it's up to the gaffer when I play and what role I take up.

At the end of my career, you never know what might happen. I think that a move to MLS... maybe.

I didn't want to come from playing every week at Blackburn to becoming a bit-part player at United, but I knew I probably had to do that at the start.

There are a lot more teams in the Spanish league, and the biggest transformation came in the English women's league when the amount of teams got cut down.

My feeling would be that you lose something of the beauty of the Premiership by joining something not defined at the moment.