Star Players Quotes

Everyone wants to see Neymar and Messi play together.

I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships with a super-duper star like Kobe Bryant. Those championship teams with Michael Jordan certainly had a great, great player.

It is not always about signing star forwards and midfielders.

One thing I can say about the Dallas Cowboys: They have always had talent around them. They have been one of the most talented football teams in all of football.

I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players.

It's good for Brazilian football to have idols, stars, big stars coming back to Brazilian clubs. The tournaments become much better, more interesting. Ze Roberto, Juninho Pernambucano, Ronaldinho Gaucho, and other players who have returned to Brazil strengthen the league and improve the tournaments.

The Knicks, they're a very talented team.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

We have to be mentally prepared for every team we play. If we play a team who has a big name on their chests, then we are going to come out ready. But if we play a team who doesn't have a big name or a star player, we have a hard time coming out ready.

Kevin McHale was a master communicator and knows how to coach stars, and that's a unique gift because you take an old-school guy that's used to coaching his way, he'd have a hard time coaching them cats now, but Kevin knows how, and he has the patience of Job.

Well, unless you're Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan, you need the full support of your team.

The Lakers are really the biggest team in the world. Everybody knows the Lakers.

Being on a team with four All-Stars is unheard of.

There's high expectations for Cowboys. There's been some great quarterbacks who have come through that organization.

I think the Lakers are a legacy franchise. Players know when they come here, this is the ultimate platform.

I've been watching basketball for a long time, I'm a historian of the game. I don't know any other team that's gotten to the Finals without two All-Stars... I cannot remember thinking of it. I don't even know if it's ever happened, for a team to lose two All-Stars and still be able to make it to the Finals.

I don't know any other other team that got to the finals without two all stars.

There is a lot of extra energy with being in a Lakers uniform.

We only wanted to pay significant sums to keep truly special players.

If I had an opportunity to hand-pick a team that I wanted to play in the NBA Finals, it would probably be the Lakers.

The problem is that they are all stars at Madrid. You need someone to carry the water to the well.

There aren't too many Mookie Betts, Mike Trouts or Bryce Harpers out there to be grabbed. Those players only come around once every 10 years.

The Yankees can buy all the stars they want, but that doesn't guarantee they are going to win.

I've always said, not giving too much away, I'm a believer in having all your stars on the pitch.