Player Characteristics Quotes

Golf doesn't really have many big guys.

Liverpool are not used to playing a 16-and-a-half stone striker.

I think I'm a very cerebral player.

There are different types of cornerbacks: you've got your longer guys that will try to get physical with you and use their length, and you've got your quick guys that will try to use their quickness, and then you've got your 'tweener' guys that will try to use both.

I think most of the people like the kind of player like Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. They're pretty tall, and they can do everything.

I've seen some players with very big feet ... and some with very small feet.

We draft mostly high school kids and we have one of the finest, if not the finest, player development programs and coaching staffs and we teach our players the right way to play. We also have a game plan in scouting, and there are certain types of players that we look for.

With Marouane's hair, I actually wondered if it might take a bit of the pace off the ball when he went up for a header. But I soon realised it was part of his personality. Part of who he is.

Players aren't quite as mercenary as people make them out to be. Some of them are but some aren't.

Different players have different characteristics.

I consider that part of my job as a pro: to know who you're up against and how the attacking players play, what kind of characteristics they have, their qualities, how they move, their preferred foot.

It's not enough to just have talent at Atletico Madrid. At other clubs it is, but we can't sign superstars and have to look for players with a good work ethic.

There's always two or three players I like, and why I like them, I can't tell you. There's just something about them I think would be great on a team.

He's (Willie Stargell) such a big strong guy he should love that porch. He's got power enough to hit home runs in any park, including Yellowstone.

Every footballer has their own identity. A Uruguayan player is different to a Spanish player. A Portuguese player may be similar to a Spanish one, but not the same - and so on.

For me, there are no 'between players' in football. For me, there are clear positions and clear characteristics for all players.

There's no question that I've made mistakes along the way when you look at recruiting in terms of evaluations of players or character in an instance or two.

I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes.

There is no rule that says a footballer needs to be 'this high' and 'this wide.'

I've always said it, and the whole football world knows that Cavani is a centre-forward and that he has proven his worth in that position. Having said that, Cavani has shown other characteristics that can help the team, like winning the ball back, helping out defensively.

I have to know the characteristics of the players. I have to adapt myself to the characteristics of the championship and the players. Now I study my players.

I do bring an intimate knowledge of the South African team. I know the little idiosyncrasies of each of them.

We cannot try to play in a manner that does not correspond to our players' characteristics.

I think the Premier League suits my game, but it also depends on who I have next to me because I need to be surrounded by players with certain characteristics.