Player Quotes

3631 Player quotes by 1989 unique authors

Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them — Chuck Daly
I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players — Chuck Daly
When your best player puts it on the line every day, the other guys can't cut corners — George Karl
The tough player is the one who is difficult to play against and easy to play with — Jay Bilas
The greatest compliment to any player is he is a great teammate. We can't all be great players, but we can all be great teammates — Jay Bilas
I don't need my players to like me. I need them to play for me — Jerry Sloan
Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out — Jerry West
You must have your player's heads and hearts before they will do anything for you — Lawrence Frank
One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role — Scottie Pippen
If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job — Steve Nash
Players act like the floor is slanted; they run downhill on fast breaks and jog uphill when getting back on defense — Unknown Author
Don't be afraid to let your players know how much you care about them — Thad Matta
My whole family likes to play basketball. George II plays for his high school team and George III and George IV and George V are… — George Foreman
I have often said to the orchestra, especially to the younger players, 'Do your best, and love what you are doing, because you are allowed… — Herbert von Karajan
It's better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners. — Roberto Baggio
Even my players aren't players. — Casey Stengel
George Best was the greatest player in the world. — Pele
Pele was the most complete player I've ever seen. — Bobby Moore
Pele played in an era which had so many great players and in that atmosphere he stood out above the others. He was the complete… — Bobby Moore
The trouble for today's footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines… — Franz Beckenbauer
The one who’s really, really impressed me is Benedikt Höwedes because he’s playing out of position. He’s never played at left back before in his… — Franz Beckenbauer
Football is one of the world's best means of communication. It is impartial, apolitical and universal. Football unites people around the world every day. Young… — Franz Beckenbauer
No one player is as good as the sum of a team — Alfredo Di Stefano
You get bunches of players like you do bananas, though that is a bad comparison. — Kevin Keegan
Sir John Hall was a multi-millionaire when I came back to Newcastle. With all the players I've bought, I'm trying to make him just an… — Kevin Keegan

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