Player Opportunities Quotes

I know myself that I am a manager who really gives young players a chance when they deserve it.

I think New Zealand Rugby do an exceptional job, the way it's set up from the All Blacks, right down to grassroots. There's a clear path young players can take if they want to be an All Black, if they're talented, or if they get opportunities.

I'm thankful for the collaboration between the WRU and Ospreys, which will look after my best interests and enables me to play the best rugby possible.

Early in my career when I was with Montreal, we had a lot of good outfielders like Otis Nixon, myself, Marquis Grissom and Larry Walker. We all did the platooning thing, although each one of us could have played every day. We got everybody in the lineup, and everybody got to play.

Of course that's Ajax development, giving young players a chance.

I want players to think: 'OK, this has happened now, what is next for me?' That's a very big target because what are academies about nowadays? Is it really just to find one or two players? But what happened to the others? I'm very, very interested in that.

I felt I could have been the kind of player Denver needed, but there were too many things going on with the team.

I don't understand what's going on behind the scenes fully, but Chelsea's a massive club, and I understand why chances don't come so often.

Pochettino's a great manager, and he puts a lot of trust in young English players.

I think you always try to put the offense in the best position to make good plays, which usually requires us to move multiple people around and give them an opportunity to impact a game in a lot of different ways.

Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.

It really does frustrate me when I watch MLS, and I see our best U-17 players - who, again, are so talented and so capable - being rostered... but then not being put on the field much to actually play. I watch that, and I just think about how I was given a chance... a real chance... and it changed my life.

It's hard to compare the faith of Gareth Southgate and Roy Hodgson and my lack of chances at Chelsea because it's such a big club.

I see differences in how I like to work with young players and how I like to give young players a chance maybe more than English managers.

That's the big thing for youngsters. When you go, you don't want a manager that's not going to have any trust in young players.

Sometimes clubs take their ownership of a young player for granted and do not necessarily do the best thing for their development.

We get to play every team before the World Cup, touring in different conditions besides a few series at home. It gives a lot of opportunities to the youngsters. As we play more, we get to see who a quality player is and what plans and strategies would work for the team.

Ultimately, good players need to play and they don't always at a young age in England.

People think I got loads of money at City and then left for Chelsea to chase more money. I didn't get that money. I moved to Chelsea because they made promises to me. They told me I would get opportunities, I would play and that they believed in me as a young player.

As a coach, we are not magicians; we work with the players and look to improve them and give them every opportunity, but if you are not creating or scoring goals over a consistent period of time, it is difficult for you as a coach.

Louis van Gaal trusted me; I played a lot of games.

Who wants to go to a team that doesn't play players when they are young? You can't see yourself playing for that team.

Not many players would turn down a chance to play for Real Madrid and Barcelona, as they're right at the top the tree in terms of football.

Hibs are such a brilliant club, amazing training ground, good coaches, and a great platform for Scottish players to get better.

I owe Wolfsburg everything. Without them, I would not have had the chance to play for Manchester City or Roma.