Player Commitment Quotes

I'm loyal to Portland. I want to play my whole career here, but at any moment, they can decide we want somebody else.

Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing.

There's no doubt in my mind I'll finish my career with the Bears. However that works out, it works out. I can't imagine playing anywhere else.

If you offer a player a new contract, and a good contract, that means you want to keep the player.

The fans know and the Cardinals know that I want to be a Cardinal for my whole career. I love this city. The way that this city has embraced me and my family.

I'll play like crazy and fight like crazy, as a Los Angeles Charger, just like I did for you guys. And I know y'all can respect and understand that. But I hope you also know that I will always be playing for San Diego as well.

I hated to miss games... at the height of my career, I missed a lot of games due to... just a hamstring pull. And I hated sitting out. I just hated it. You play for your team, but you also play for the people who attend the games.

When I entered free agency, I said whatever team I end up on, I'm going to work.

I just want to show that Juve have done well to believe in me.

If you want to keep your best players, you need top European football because they want to be involved in that.

The appreciation between Bayern and I has always been there, from both sides. I know what I have at this club, and I always say that.

I feel great, and I'll happily continue to be at Vicente del Bosque's disposal, because defending my country is very important to me.

I am a massive fan of Wayne Rooney, and it is nice to see him play in any position because he gives a 100 per cent. Not many players can do that and say they do that.

It's a special club. It's got history. When I slip on the Manchester United shirt, it's like I'm wearing its past. So you have to sacrifice yourself for this club.

I've seen players in the past who wanted to stay with their team, and it didn't work out.

The game has been great to me. The Steelers have been great to me, and I think things will work out and take its toll. But I'm just singularly focused on being a great player, being here around the guys and my teammates, and representing my family.

At Osasuna I had a difficult experience because of the relegation battle but I always had a place in the team. I played well all season.

I feel like I'm going to be with the Cowboys the rest of my career, definitely. I love it.

Some players are criticised for having no loyalty. Well, I wanted to go back home and play for the club I supported. I don't think that's a crime.

Felix Magath works with pressure. At first, we didn't know where we stood with him. That prompted the players to give their best because they wanted to play, but after a while the players knew where they stood and Magath no longer received the same effect.

The Boys of Summer were heroes in Brooklyn for a full postwar decade partly because the players could not entertain higher offers.

Practice gotta be harder than the games and it never is unless you want it to be as a player. The coach can't drive that

I back all of my players, not only Wayne Rooney.

Football spectators appreciate a bit of loyalty, and we're seeing that less and less. There are echelons of football, as in society, where some players are clearly mercenaries. I regret in a way that somehow the local identification, the local bonding between the community and its football team has been commercialised to such an extent.

I always wanted to be a Sixer... I always wanted to finish my career as a Sixer.