Young players Quotes · Page 2

The biggest mistake we usually tend to make with young players is over-coaching.

— Mats Wilander

We've got to have a radical rethink of the way the sport is funded to help the young players develop.

— John Higgins

Good, young players don't compete in China or in Asia.

— Clarence Seedorf

We have to let them grow, because young players can always improve. That goes for Jack Wilshere, too.

— Michael Laudrup

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.

— Oscar Robertson

Our philosophy is to give the young players a chance for the future because they are our future.

— Ralph Hasenhuttl

My dream is to help young players. I don't want them to make the mistakes I did in the past.

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience.

— Samuel Reshevsky

If young players are capable of playing 90 minutes every week at European clubs why prevent them from doing that?

— Eniola Aluko

Chicago started doing the same thing, bringing on young players in the beginning combined with veterans, and it worked for them. The…

— Aroldis Chapman

Young players, they are looking up to me now. I've got to do everything professional and try to be a role model…

— Dennis Schroder

When you get a bit older, you gain more experience, and you try to put it to good use, to help yourself…

— Dimitar Berbatov

Everyone wants to play in the Champions' League because that's where it is all happening. That's where you get the A-status for…

— Edgar Davids

Chris Coleman and Ryan Giggs have shown that they're not afraid of giving young players a chance if you're ready and you're…

— Harry Wilson

Perception is a big thing in football and people need to be more careful about how they choose to perceive young players…

— Eniola Aluko

Always be confident on the ball and have no fear when going out on the pitch. That is one thing young players…

— Ruben Loftus-Cheek

One thing I've noticed over the years is that young players - I mean 10- and 12-year-olds - really like my guitar…

— Kirk Hammett

I know English football people say you have to look out for young players, that maybe they can play 15 or 20…

— Ronald Koeman

When you see young players coming into the squad and pushing you, no matter what age you are, you have to react.…

— Frank Lampard

There was no better manager at developing young players than Sir Alex. He knew just when to bring them in and take…

— Paul Scholes

Typically, it takes young players years to adjust to life in the big leagues and to start performing up to their capabilities.…

— Theo Epstein

The only thing you're afraid of with rookies is mistakes, and I was fortunate, because with so many veterans, they simply guided…

— John Havlicek

Let's face it. There is no setup in Pakistan to train and groom young players at the grassroots level in different sports.…

— Jahangir Khan

I address these hopes to all young players. It seems to me that they often begin too early the strict life of…

— Sergei Shipov

Of course that's Ajax development, giving young players a chance.

— Edwin van der Sar

I've only got good things to say about Mourinho. It's not true that he doesn't give young players a chance.

— Nacho

The young players in the Welsh squad aren't young any more

— Ian Rush

My discipline in myself has got me where I am. I try to emphasise that to young players.

— Craig Bellamy

I enjoy seeing young players given the opportunity and then perform and go on to have fulfilling careers.

— Mickey Arthur

I think as young players, when you have experienced losing, it can beat you down.

— Billy Donovan

It's nice to see those young players who are humble and working hard and to see them thriving in the NBA.

— Goran Dragic

I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

— David Beckham

Young players are more hungry because they have not achieved what some of the older players have.

— Caroline Wozniacki

The advice I would give to young players is always give St Mirren an opportunity.

— John McGinn

If they deserve it, I'm ready to play with very young players. Why not?

— Antonio Conte

Obviously, I talk to young players and help them a little bit with my experience.

— Andre Schurrle

Ronaldo is the best of his generation and a huge example for young players.

— Matthijs de Ligt

I feel it's my duty to get to the young players, tell them what's out there.

— Andre Schurrle

Rebuilding has always been one of my specialities from the time I started with young players at Cagliari.

— Claudio Ranieri

Young players are always put under a lot of pressure very early in England.

— Nicklas Bendtner