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title: "8 Bigger Player Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Bigger Player quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Bigger Player sayings and thoughts."
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> [When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-steinberg/when-it-came-to-football-there-was-a-certain-age-where-i-realized/)

[Leigh Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-steinberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/leigh-steinberg-14821_age_when-it-came-to-football-there-was-a-cer_162294.jpg)

> [I always was able to play off the cuff from when I was kid, usually trying to avoid getting clattered by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-burrow/i-always-was-able-to-play-off-the-cuff-from-when-i-was-kid-usually/)

[Rob Burrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-burrow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/rob-burrow-7571_always_i-always-was-able-to-play-off-the-cuff-f_721557.jpg)

> [I love to play big games, it makes you a bigger player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-van-der-vaart/i-love-to-play-big-games-it-makes-you-a-bigger-player/)

[Rafael van der Vaart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-van-der-vaart/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/rafael-van-der-vaart-18099_big_i-love-to-play-big-games-it-makes-you-a_1165881.jpg)

> [It's great to be compared to a great player like Tracy McGrady, but I think I'm my own type of player. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-simmons/it-s-great-to-be-compared-to-a-great-player-like-tracy-mcgrady-but-i/)

[Ben Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-simmons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/ben-simmons-24803_great_it-s-great-to-be-compared-to-a-great-pla_1241645.jpg)

> [The bigger you get as a player, the bigger the spotlight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virgil-van-dijk/the-bigger-you-get-as-a-player-the-bigger-the-spotlight/)

[Virgil van Dijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virgil-van-dijk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/virgil-van-dijk-6531_bigger_the-bigger-you-get-as-a-player-the-bigge_1530382.jpg)

> [It is my hope that Babar Azam will become a bigger player like Virat Kohli.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shahid-afridi/it-is-my-hope-that-babar-azam-will-become-a-bigger-player-like-virat/)

[Shahid Afridi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shahid-afridi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/shahid-afridi-3723_become_it-is-my-hope-that-babar-azam-will-becom_1897676.png)

> [The bigger you become as a player and the more success you have as a player, the spotlight definitely becomes brighter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tristan-thompson/the-bigger-you-become-as-a-player-and-the-more-success-you-have-as-a/)

[Tristan Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tristan-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/tristan-thompson-5083_become_the-bigger-you-become-as-a-player-and-th_2136403.jpg)

> [It would be difficult to play for one club with my brother. He is a bigger player than I am. I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thorgan-hazard/it-would-be-difficult-to-play-for-one-club-with-my-brother-he-is-a/)

[Thorgan Hazard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thorgan-hazard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/thorgan-hazard-14425_brother_it-would-be-difficult-to-play-for-one-cl_2805035.jpg)

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