Player Assessment Quotes

Sometimes, if a striker is not scoring as many goals, they can still be in good form.

I think Brian Hoyer is a good quarterback.

I think, generally speaking as a player, when I hear the word 'scout,' it's usually, 'The Seattle Storm are playing the L.A. Sparks tomorrow; the assistant coaches are scouting the L.A. Sparks.' And then they come to us and give a scouting report on the players and the team.

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.

I do feel I'm a player who has played well in 2006.

If you can have a career as a footballer for 13 years then you're really lucky, but there will probably be plenty of supporters up and down the country saying that I wasn't a top player, to put it kindly. That's for sure.

First impressions are huge, especially with the coaching staff.

I have a high opinion of Andy Dalton. Going back to 2010, I think I watched every single snap he played at TCU his senior year when I was at Texas A&M.

People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.

You measure a player from the head up.

From United's point of view, it is always difficult to tell just when a young footballer is going to mature into a first-class professional ready to play at the highest level, but the story of how Pogba slipped away from United has more than one strand to it.

I know I can be a way better player as a shortstop than I can at third.

Sacks shouldn't be the only thing that determines if you had a good year.

I am still better than lots of players.

I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players.

Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The naked eye was an inadequate tool for learning what you needed to know to evaluate baseball players and baseball games. Think about it. One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks. The difference between a good hitter and an average hitter is simply not visible-it is a matter of record

Any time you get a new running back, whether it's a rookie or hasn't played a lot, that's the first thing you test, is their pass protection. That's big.

Beckham is a nice man and I'm sure he will reach 100 appearances for England. But he is just a good player, nothing more.

You don't know a player until you coach him.

I've always been a very harsh judge of talent because if you don't play the game on both ends of the court, and if you don't play hard every night, I'm probably not going to be in love with you as a player. I'm going to respect you because you're good, but these players are unique.

I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game.

Rooney's good but not the best in Manchester.

In the two years that I've been in the NBA, I don't think I've played to my ability.

Chase Daniel is not a bad player.

It's important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player's strength and their weakness.