I don't need my players to like me. I need them to play…

Players like routines. They like to know what they're doing in the week and in training.

— Phil Jones

Players like Alastair Cook do not come around very often. To play for so long and achieve so much says everything about his fitness,…

— Jonathan Agnew

We are football players and we like to win games.

— Ronald Koeman

To be fighting at European level, you need players who know how to play in the big games.

— Xabi Alonso

I'm not sure what you need first - the players believing or others believing in them - but in the end, both have to…

— Jurgen Klopp

England need players who are hungry - not guys who think they should be there because of who they are and what they have…

— Michail Antonio

When you go to a World Cup, in midfield you need to have players who can score from distance, who can get in the…

— Jill Ellis

We need more of our players to follow the trend and move to Europe, which is the biggest stage in world football, but we're…

— Park Ji-sung

To win the league, you don't just need great players, but you need players who have the mentality of title winners.

— Dimitar Berbatov

You need two or three players who can do that - play behind the striker, on the right wing, the left wing... striker, maybe.…

— Roberto Mancini

When you play Leeds, you need players who are quick and who are capable of beating opponents as they like to set up one-v-one.

— Paul Merson

You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well.

— Alex Ferguson

In a team, you need players who are technically good and can perform under pressure.

— Gareth Southgate

It's important that everyone rows in the same direction because I need all my players, those who don't get much playing time too.

— Gennaro Gattuso

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.

— Frank Lampard