--- title: "14 Player Playing Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 14 Player Playing quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Player Playing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/neymar-2716_bad_messi-is-a-great-player-playing-against_1529265.jpg" --- > [Messi is a great player. Playing against him is not good - it is bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neymar/messi-is-a-great-player-playing-against-him-is-not-good-it-is-bad/) [Neymar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neymar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/neymar-2716_bad_messi-is-a-great-player-playing-against_1529265.jpg) > [I think that's what makes a true great basketball player: playing both ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-gordon/i-think-that-s-what-makes-a-true-great-basketball-player-playing-both/) [Aaron Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/aaron-gordon-6882_ball-player_i-think-that-s-what-makes-a-true-great-b_2264420.jpg) > [For any player not playing, it's frustrating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-etheridge/for-any-player-not-playing-it-s-frustrating/) [Neil Etheridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-etheridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/neil-etheridge-31114_any_for-any-player-not-playing-it-s-frustrat_1267297.jpg) > [I'm a football player playing basketball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-barnes/i-m-a-football-player-playing-basketball/) [Matt Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20d/matt-barnes-6673_ball-player_i-m-a-football-player-playing-basketball_2664238.jpg) > [The experience of being a Premier League player playing every week is just massive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-loftus-cheek/the-experience-of-being-a-premier-league-player-playing-every-week-is/) [Ruben Loftus-Cheek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-loftus-cheek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/ruben-loftus-cheek-11104_being_the-experience-of-being-a-premier-league_834483.jpg) > [When I step forward on the floor, I have the confidence that I'm the best player playing that night and that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-curry/when-i-step-forward-on-the-floor-i-have-the-confidence-that-i-m-the/) [Stephen Curry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-curry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/stephen-curry-2136_best_when-i-step-forward-on-the-floor-i-have_480995.jpg) > [Sometimes there are always parts in the game when you are a player and you are not playing that much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-matip/sometimes-there-are-always-parts-in-the-game-when-you-are-a-player/) [Joel Matip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-matip/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/joel-matip-7398_always_sometimes-there-are-always-parts-in-the_550904.jpg) > [It helps being a fan of a player and then playing against him because you know what he likes to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-mount/it-helps-being-a-fan-of-a-player-and-then-playing-against-him-because/) [Mason Mount](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-mount/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/mason-mount-6518_against_it-helps-being-a-fan-of-a-player-and-the_1106277.jpg) > [You can't be a great player without playing both ends of the floor. And that's what I do - I really focus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-wiggins/you-can-t-be-a-great-player-without-playing-both-ends-of-the-floor/) [Andrew Wiggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-wiggins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/andrew-wiggins-5247_ability_you-can-t-be-a-great-player-without-play_1713903.jpg) > [I don't really have a 'favorite' person to play with. I like to play with the player that is playing the best,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-creamer/i-don-t-really-have-a-favorite-person-to-play-with-i-like-to-play/) [Paula Creamer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-creamer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/paula-creamer-13209_always_i-don-t-really-have-a-favorite-person-to_748372.png) > [Any player playing at a high level is available for consideration to the women's national team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ellis/any-player-playing-at-a-high-level-is-available-for-consideration-to/) [Jill Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/jill-ellis-6642_high_any-player-playing-at-a-high-level-is-av_1219624.jpg) > [“It was like some great big spring was tugging at him - and maybe, perhaps sooner rather than later, a boy has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-was-like-some-great-big-spring-was-tugging-at-him-and-maybe/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/terry-pratchett-19_quote_it-was-like-some-great-big-spring-was-tu_1506361.jpg) > [Dembele is a player who has been playing regularly, from the bench or the start, and he has quality. When he comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-valverde/dembele-is-a-player-who-has-been-playing-regularly-from-the-bench-or/) [Ernesto Valverde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-valverde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/ernesto-valverde-9192_change_dembele-is-a-player-who-has-been-playing_929486.jpg) > [I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/i-saw-him-playing-on-television-and-was-struck-by-his-technique-so-i/) [Donald Bradman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-bradman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/donald-bradman-33947_cricket_i-saw-him-playing-on-television-and-was_768761.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/player-playing/#itemlist", "name": "Player Playing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Messi is a great player. 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