Player Background Quotes

By relying on my experience as a player, I hope to one day perform as a coach.

Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful and who their coaches were.

In Boston, the year we won the championship, guys were so much different in age. You don't have the same lives off the court.

Before I was a manager, I was a player for 11 years.

I was familiar with the Heat and their culture because I played with Dexter Pittman and he was here early in his career.

Growing up I've been playing as an attacking midfielder, more central in the midfield. I wouldn't say if I'm most comfortable there but that's where I grew up playing.

My first game was against India and while my roots will always be Indian I was born in England and wanted to represent them.

Before being a player, I was a diehard fan of Roma, so I know what the fans felt when we won.

To me, Dan Evans is an example of somebody that puts the clock back a little bit and tells everybody: 'Listen, tennis is not a freak sport where you need to have rich parents, who sit in your players' box for every single week of the whole year, and you need to talk to your coaches' box between every shot.'

The Villa boys will not be shy in telling me that I talk about Hibs all the time. I loved my time here, it was a special three seasons so I have a lot to be thankful for from my time here.

I was a very average player and became a trainer in Germany with a special club.

Most of my players have come through academies with clubs. That's not a bad thing, but it's very different to what I grew up with.

As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.

When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game.

Since I signed for Liverpool, my dad has spoken to me a lot about how much he loved them.

I have played a lot games, worked with a lot of these players and learnt an awful lot. I've got the knowledge and leadership qualities. So, its normal that under these circumstances that I got into coaching. I'm learning an awful lot.

If I watch a basketball game, I don't really care if a guy hit a three-pointer with three seconds left. I mean, I can like that. But I'm more interested in who drafted him and what makes him special.

Many players in the French squad play in the Premier League or have played in the Premier League, so I knew about the level.

I didn't start playing golf until '94, when the strike cut the season short. Never having played as a kid definitely makes it a challenge.

I do not have to return to Argentina because I feel more like a European player. Here I came very young and I left my country at 22.

I loved Wimbledon and what it meant, but the surface felt uncomfortable. I just didn't like it, I was a hard-court guy, a Californian kid.

There is still this perception in football about whether people are 'English through and through.' Essentially there is not any such thing without going into a whole discussion on genetics and bloodlines of each player.

It's better to have done because then you know what the player is going through and you understand the pressure, but then on the other hand I know a lot of people that were good players but not good coaches, and vice versa.

Every player brings something from their own culture into the collective.

Baron Corbin lived in my house for months when he played for the Colts our rookie year.