League Quotes · Page 43

I say always that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and it's an honour to play here.

— Emre Can

I've always been a goal scorer. Playing both ways is something I wanted to do coming into the league.

— Dany Heatley

The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor.

— John Thorn

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.

— Jim Evans

Maybe in a few months I can start to daydream if we are still top of the league. That is the main…

— John Terry

I know the Premier League very well because I followed it a lot when I was younger.

— David Alaba

I'm not in this league to be an All-Star. I'm not in this league to make the Hall of Fame. I'm not…

— Rasheed Wallace

Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's.

— Carlos Beltran

I found the support inside Old Trafford has been terrific and, if there was ever a show of support for the football…

— David Moyes

The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an…

— Bill Rancic

I'm looking forward to meeting my new team-mates and to be playing for Arsenal in the Premier League and Champions League. I…

— Alexis Sanchez

I'm the youngest of five kids, and I wanted attention. And in Santa Barbara, there was lots of theater going on, so…

— Anthony Edwards

Players that come from non-league don't ever want to go back there, so they have more fight in them to make sure…

— Michail Antonio

On the Russian revolutionaries:To leave your parents, faithful and loyal subjects of the Emperor, to leave your profession, to desist from having…

— Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

You learn something new from every player. No player is the same, so I'm definitely trying to pick up as much as…

— Justin Cole

When asked about which team is the toughest team in the league, responded with an answer that all volleyball players must comprehend.…

— Roy Campanella

I expected to be in the big leagues soon. I didn't know exactly how soon, but I wanted to be here soon,…

— Mark Teixeira

When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive.

— Lynn Swann

The rule is you don't play very long in this league. So you make the most out of it and you have…

— Ryan Leaf

I watch the Premier League, the Spanish and Dutch leagues, and a little bit of the German league.

— Louis van Gaal

I had to go through the same things that anyone's son went through. And you know, there aren't that many guys whose…

— Austin Rivers

When I was in League One I certainly didn't imagine that I would be playing the Euros.

— Jose Fonte

Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!

— Joe Garagiola

The chance to be a general manager in major-league baseball and for a franchise as storied as this one, probably as storied…

— Ned Colletti

The Leicester story is great for the game in England. It's great for the appreciation of the Premier League.

— Gary Lineker

Manchester United is still in my heart. Disappointed they didn't win the title but they are still the kings of Premier League.

— Cristiano Ronaldo

I've been in the league for a while now, so I know when I can go for blocks and when I can't.…

— Jerami Grant

I want to be one of the best linebackers, if not the best linebacker, in the National Football League.

— Leighton Vander Esch

I think, for everyone who wants to get to the highest level, you have to be in the Premier League, of course.

— Christian Eriksen

I love being a face of the league. But I'll be even more a face of the league after I get a…

— Justin Jefferson

When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.

— Bill Shankly

It's a league where guys are trying to play to the best of their ability, whether you're a superstar or trying to…

— Jimmer Fredette

There's a lot more work in the Premier League. You have to a lot more defensive work as a team than, for…

— Timo Werner

Football is something I would never give up on, whether I ended up playing professional or in a Sunday league team.

— Lucy Bronze

Abolish the Loyal League and the Ku Klux Klan; let us come together and stand together.

— Nathan Bedford Forrest

You're always going to have a Dez Bryant somewhere in the league, somebody who has to go through some off-the-field problems in…

— Cris Carter

I'm not aware of any plans for a European Super League, but the Champions League is a Super League.

— Ernesto Valverde

One day, I would like to play in Premier League. It would be a great experience.

— Robert Lewandowski

Eric Turner, may he rest in peace. When I first got in the league he was just a friend to me.

— Charles Woodson

You just get better with age. You learn yourself and the league. I'm starting to understand more about hitting every year.

— Derrek Lee