Team Roster Quotes

We can't worry about who we don't have. We have to go into these games with the guys we have.

To be a contender in the Big Ten a squad must have a solid player at every position.

I don't know how you keep the world record holder off your team.

I think it's hard to compare the NBA and the WNBA, but the thing about the NBA is they just have a ton of movement every year, but the WNBA doesn't. Free agency is not set up that way; the money is obviously not set up that way, so when one player moves, it could set the stage for, literally, like, six or seven years.

We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.

You sweat out the free agent thing in November then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January and in February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms.

I like how in little league they have nine kids who play the field but we have 17 kids on the roster and all 17 kids should hit. I like that we do that down here in Florida.

A personnel guy always wants to get his pick right. We live that every year. We want to make sure the pick is right.

I've said for years I could never figure out why Calgary ever drafted me. When I got there, I think they had eight or nine right wingers already. These guys were premiere players. It's not like they were extremely late in their careers, either.

Nobody ever had too many of them (pitchers).

Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don't see how any of them get enough work. Four starting pitchers and one relief man ought to be enough. Pitch 'em every three days and you'd find they'd get control and good, strong arms.

I think in the NFL, continuity is something that is helpful, but it's not the end all. In a league where injuries are so prevalent, you're used to guys moving in and out.

The Warriors team with Baron Davis, Matt Barnes, Stephen Jackson - that was an incredible team.

You can't take a single day for granted in the National Football League. Every single day, you need to earn your spot on the roster.

When I look at our roster, I'm sure all of you have printed that I'm coming up on 35, and given my situation and my salary structure and all that, yeah, I have to wonder if this team is going to make moves and they haven't.

I want to play every single player, but I can only play 11 at a time.

As a football team, we don't have any backups. We don't consider anybody a backup.

So many times through the course of a season you are defined by your backups. They have three players in [Kirk] Cousins, Niles [Paul] and [Bashaud] Breeland who may be better than the players that they’re replacing.

The Gold Cup really is about getting the job done and winning it and qualifying us for the Confederations Cup in Russia in 2017. That's why it's really crucial for us to have players on the roster that have tremendous experience.

You can't just go out and buy players and make a super team, because it's so hard to do that. The salary cap doesn't allow it. We have a much smaller salary cap than the NBA, and they only have 12 on a roster.

You walk in our locker room and you see Pau Gasol, you see Andrew Bynum, you see Kobe, you see Ron Artest ... we have so many players that can play.

Two of the most difficult parts of our business is trades and when a player leaves.

To my mind, a mix of veterans and rookies is number one on the list of 'things that make a good Avengers team.'

One thing I remember, honestly, was how many great players Arizona State had.

It's not always easy to come to the national team and be on the bench.