Kind Quote by Brad Stevens

Every player wants to play more than 45 minutes, but it's the decision of the coach. You have to work hard.

— Christian Eriksen

If you want to be a great team, you've got to be able to play 48 minutes.

— Kyle Korver

Every time that happens, it's an opportunity for the next person...We prepare hard. We come to the game with 45 guys, and everyone needs…

— Bill Belichick

Every player wants to play. That's pretty normal. Every player is unhappy when he's on the bench. That's pretty normal, too. But it's football:…

— Xherdan Shaqiri

Almost every play is 10, 15 minutes too long.

— Patrick Marber

I always think that from 17 until 22, you have to play every week, 30, 40 games in a year.

— Frank de Boer

There's always going to be some guys not satisfied with the minutes or how they're playing or what their role is. That's normal.

— Nikola Jokic

I think every professional player wants to play every game and every minute because you never know when you're going to get a chance…

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

Guys that are competitive and love to play the game of football and love their teammates, you can't have enough of those guys on…

— John Dorsey

With football, you can have up to 28 guys you consider starters, and if they can pick up the slack when some aren't playing…

— Tom Brady

You don't want to get stuck playing 40 minutes a game with your small lineup.

— Kelvin Sampson

Any young guy who comes into the league and says they don't have a certain level of selfishness probably isn't playing many minutes or…

— David Lee